Detailed translations for "blow up"

to blow up

1. with powder

etw. absprengen{transitive verb}

2. other

to blow up(also: to inflate)
aufblasen{transitive verb}
Like a knife popping the same balloon over and over. Only you don't have to blow up a new one.
I know, why don't you blow up some more balloons or hang some streamers?
Hör zu, willst du nicht 'n paar Ballons aufblasen und die Luftschlangen aufhängen?
to blow up(also: to blow to pieces)
zersprengen{transitive verb}

3. military

to blow up
I'm not gonna sit around and do nothing while someone tries to blow up a damn bridge.
Ich sehe nicht zu, wie jemand eine Brücke hochgehen lässt.
There are enough explosives in that boat to blow up every post office in the country.
In dem Boot sind genug Bomben, um jede Post im Land hochgehen zu Iassen.

4. a problem

to blow up
hochschaukeln{transitive verb}

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