Blow up
Blow up verb - To become very angry.
Both terms in one sentence
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Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: In Negative 10, the power source has "as much power as the sun." Then Max goes on to say that if it goes off, it can blow up a continent the size of Texas to outer space (Good thing every single one of them is a lot bigger than that by definition...).
Source: Western Animation / Ben 10 - The Third Doctor spends almost all of his tenure trying to keep the Brigadier from calling in the army to shoot at the Monster of the Week or blow up the Negative Space Wedgie and instead trust his own science and diplomacy methods.
Source: Morality Chain
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