intumesce
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intumesce Definition
(v)
move
upwards
in
bubbles
,
as
from
the
effect
of
heating
;
also
used
metaphorically
; "
Gases
bubbled
up
from
the
earth
"; "
Marx
''
s
ideas
have
bubbled
up
in
many
places
in
Latin
America
"
(v)
expand
abnormally
; "
The
bellies
of
the
starving
children
are
swelling
"
intumesce Synonyms
bubble up
intumesce
swell
swell up
tumefy
tumesce
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