Blowing up
Blowing up noun - A severe rebuke.
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Flash and blowing up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flash" instead a noun phrase "Blowing up".
Flash
Flash noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.
Blowing up and flash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blowing up" instead a noun "Flash".
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Stuff Blowing Up: Averted for most of the film, but plenty of flashy explosions when it counts, including the distant flash of a nuclear weapon.
Source: Film / Empire of the Sun -
Interestingly, almost all Hollywood thunder occurs simultaneously with the lightning flash (obviously averted when said lightning is blowing up trees and power lines right in the middle of the scene).
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In one Justice League episode, an alien court accuses Green Lantern of blowing up a planet so the Flash stalls for time by offering to be his lawyer.
Source: Courtroom Antic
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