to blow sth up
51proportion — pro|por|tion1 W2S2 [prəˈpo:ʃən US ˈpo:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of something)¦ 2¦(relationship)¦ 3¦(correct scale)¦ 4 proportions 5 out of (all) proportion 6 keep something in proportion 7 sense of proportion 8¦(mathematics)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300… …
52blast — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 explosion ADJECTIVE ▪ huge, loud, massive, powerful ▪ bomb, grenade, nuclear, shotgun …
53explosion — noun 1 sudden loud bursting/exploding ADJECTIVE ▪ almighty (esp. BrE), big, deafening, enormous, great, huge, large, loud, major, massive …
54dynamite — noun 1 explosive … OF DYNAMITE ▪ stick VERB + DYNAMITE ▪ blow sth up with, use ▪ They used five tons of dynamite to blow up the rock. DYNAMITE + VERB …
55bit — noun (esp. BrE) 1 a bit small amount ADJECTIVE ▪ little, teensy (informal), wee (esp. BrE) ▪ He helped me a little bit in the afternoon. PHRASES ▪ …
56sky-high — adjective informal extremely high: If this thing explodes we ll be blown sky high. sky high adverb see also: blow sth sky high blow 1 (19) …
57whale — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beached, stranded (esp. BrE) … OF WHALES ▪ pod, school VERB + WHALE ▪ hunt, kil …
58proportion*/*/ — [prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [C] a quantity of something that is a part of the whole Only a small proportion of graduates fail to get a job.[/ex] 2) [U] the relationship between two or more quantities or parts of a whole The proportion of trucks to… …
59sky-high — adv 1.) extremely high ▪ sky high prices ▪ Her confidence is sky high. 2.) blow sth sky high to destroy something completely with an explosion …
60bit — 1 /bIt/ noun (C) 1 SLIGHTLY/FAIRLY a bit informal, especially BrE a) slightly, but not very; a little: Could you turn the radio down a bit, please? | Stay a bit longer it s still early. | I think you re a bit young to be watching this. | a bit… …
