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Intumesce
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Intumesce
verb
(past & past part.
intumesced
; pres. part.
intumescing
)
1.
Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically.
Synonym:
bubble up
.
"Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"
2.
Expand abnormally.
Synonyms:
swell
,
swell up
,
tumefy
,
tumesce
.
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Words linked to "Intumesce" :
vesicate
,
bloat
,
belly out
,
intumescence
,
distend
,
rise
,
swell
,
come up
,
puff
,
rise up
,
blow up
,
puff out
,
blister
,
expand
,
surface
,
puff up
,
belly
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