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intumesce, v.
(intumesced, intumesces, intumescing)
more info expand abnormally
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce

sample sentences

"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

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more info move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
<verb.motion>

bubble up intumesce

sample sentences

"Gases bubbled up from the earth"
"Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"

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