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Main Entry: blowup
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explosion

Synonyms:

blast, detonation, eruption
Main Entry: blowup
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an angry outburst

Synonyms:

dispute, effusion, explosion, fit, flare-up, fury, outburst, outrage
Main Entry: altercation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight, often verbal

Synonyms:

argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle

Antonyms:

agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity
Main Entry: argument
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: verbal fight

Synonyms:

altercation, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go*, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, out, quarrel, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, squabble, static*, stew, talking heads, tiff, words, wrangle
Main Entry: blast
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explosion

Synonyms:

bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, dynamite, eruption, outbreak, outburst, salvo, volley
Main Entry: detonation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explosion

Synonyms:

bang, blast, blow-up, blowout, boom, discharge, ignition
Main Entry: difference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opposing views

Synonyms:

argument, beef, blowup, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush*, brush-off, catamaran, clash, conflict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, dustup, estrangement, hassle, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap*, set-to, spat, strife, tiff, variance, words, wrangle
Notes: deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things

Antonyms:

agreement, assent, concurrence, consent
Main Entry: embroider
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate information

Synonyms:

aggrandize, amplify, blow-up, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, play up, puff, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch, stretch the truth, yeast
Main Entry: eruption
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ejection

Synonyms:

access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting
Main Entry: explosion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: eruption, discharge

Synonyms:

access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo

Antonyms:

implosion
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