Usage examples of "blew up" in English with translation to French

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Their plans blew up when the war broke out. Leurs projects sont tombés à l'eau quand la guerre a éclaté.
The gas tank suddenly blew up. Le réservoir de gaz a soudainement explosé.
The grenade blew up before the terrorist could throw it, and his arm was blown off! La grenade explosa avant que le terroriste ne puisse la jeter, et son bras fut déchiqueté !
The gasoline truck ran into the gate and blew up. Le camion chargé d'essence percuta les portes et explosa.
A warehouse full of illegal fireworks blew up and destroyed a whole city block. Un entrepôt plein de feux d'artifice a explosé et a détruit un pâté de maison entier.
The engineers blew up the bridge because it was about to collapse. Les ingénieurs ont fait exploser le pont, car il était sur le point de s'effondrer.
Three days passed, four days passed. The wind blew once, it rained twice. Trois jours passèrent. Le vent souffla une fois, il plut deux fois.
The leaves blew away in the wind. Les feuilles s'envolèrent au vent.
The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder. Le ciel devenait de plus en plus sombre et le vent de plus en plus violent.
In the last typhoon, the wind blew at over 200 kilometers per hour! Dans le dernier typhon, le vent soufflé à plus de 200 kilomètres à l'heure !
He blew his nose in a handkerchief. Il se moucha le nez dans un mouchoir.
The wind blew her hat off. Le vent lui souffla son chapeau.
The political scandal blew over in no time and everything was back to business as usual. Le scandale politique s'estompa rapidement et tout revint à la normale.
He blew on his fingers to make them warm. Il souffla sur ses doigts pour les réchauffer.
The chapter on the Russian Revolution really blew me away. Le chapitre sur la révolution russe m'a vraiment affecté.
It blew my mind. Ça m'a explosé la tête.
Two days ago the wind blew. Il y a deux jours, le vent soufflait.
He blew out the candles on the cake. Il a soufflé les bougies du gâteau.
The wind blew hard. Le vent soufflait fort.
I blew the candle out. Je soufflai la bougie.
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