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Definition of Blowing up
1. Noun. A severe rebuke. "He deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
Definition of Blowing up
1. Verb. (present participle of blow up) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowing Up
Literary usage of Blowing up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... and began to consider that nothing was likely to put a stop but the blowing
up of so many houses as might make a wider gap than any had yet ben made by ..."
2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"The ships on both sides had become vigorously engaged when suddenly a heavy
explosion took place on the last ship of the British line THE blowing up OF THE ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... and was soon to have put in execution, that horrid plot of assassinating the
staff officers, blowing up the magazines and securing the passes of the ..."
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