Verbs

(v)explode, detonate, blow up, set offcause to burst with a violent release of energy“We exploded the nuclear bomb”
(v)blow up, enlarge, magnifymake large“blow up an image”
(v)flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballisticget very angry and fly into a rage“The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question”, “Spam makes me go ballistic”
(v)detonate, explode, blow upburst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction“the bomb detonated at noon”, “The Molotov cocktail exploded”
(v)inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyexaggerate or make bigger“The charges were inflated”
(v)inflate, blow upfill with gas or air“inflate a balloon”
(v)puff, puff up, blow up, puff outto swell or cause to enlarge“Her faced puffed up from the drugs”, “puffed out chests”