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3 letters

PAD
Add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"

4 letters

PUFF
Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

LARD
Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

RAGE
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

5 letters

ERUPT
Erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

BLOAT
Become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"

BURST
The act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

6 letters

GETMAD

LOSEIT
Lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

EXPAND
Grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

PUFFUP
Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

SETOFF
Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

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COMBUST
Cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"

MAGNIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

EXPLODE
Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"

INFLATE
Become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

ENLARGE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

AMPLIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

PUFFOUT
To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"

8 letters

DETONATE
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

GETANGRY

HAVEAFIT
Get 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"

9 letters

BLOWAFUSE
Get 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"

THROWAFIT
Get 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"

OVERSTATE
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

DRAMATISE
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DRAMATIZE
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EMBELLISH
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EMBROIDER
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10 letters

HITTHEROOF
Get 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"

AGGRANDISE
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AGGRANDIZE
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11 letters

GOBALLISTIC
Get 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"

HAVEKITTENS
Get 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"

FLIPONESLID

FLIPONESWIG

13 letters

HITTHECEILING
Get 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"

BLOWONESSTACK

14 letters

LOSEONESTEMPER

15 letters

FLYOFFTHEHANDLE
Get 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"

INFLATEABALLOON

BECOMEVERYANGRY

ENLARGEAPICTURE

BECOMEVERYIRATE