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• n  a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
• n  an unrestrained expression of emotion
• n  a photographic print that has been enlarged

• I think Meriwether's fellow serial-blowup artist, Victor Niederhoffer, exerts a similar attractionalbeit perhaps more Tarantino than Ross.

• explosion
• detonation
• effusion
• gush
• outburst
• ebullition
• enlargement
• magnification

News & Articles

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• Three stars: Rick Porcello pitches excellent game; Prince Fielder breaks game open with clutch double
  Porcello has a 2.84 ERA in his past nine starts. Not counting his early-season blowup against the Los Angeles Angels, he has a 3.23 ERA for the season.
  June 15, 2013 - The Saginaw News

Quotes

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• Kirk Gibson in USA Today
  You get more savvy,Gibson said according to the Associated Press. "There's just different ways of delivering your intensity. ...... That's not to say I'm not going to have a blowup. It may happen. To see a fiery team on the field, playing...
• Martin Truex in Asbury Park Press
  We should be in the Chase. Our team is capable of being in the Chase,Truex said. "Without an engine blowup and a 150-point penalty, we're in."
• Marty Seifert in Dickinson Press
  It's almost a tradition at the Capitol that there's some kind of a blowup,said Seifert, R-Marshall. "Maybe people have matured enough. It's certainly not going to be me that walks out."