blow-up vs pitched battle

blow-up

noun
  • An explosion (physical or emotional). 

  • An enlargement (e.g. of a photograph). 

adj
  • Inflatable; able to be blown up. 

pitched battle

noun
  • An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation. 

  • A battle which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; a sustained, intense and confrontational fight. 

How often have the words blow-up and pitched battle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )