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Synonyms for intumesce in English

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intumesce:
- swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce; intumesce; bubble up

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Detailed Synonyms for intumesce in English

intumesce:

intumesce verb

intumesce

– expand abnormally ¹
to swell; to swell up; tumefy; tumesce; intumesce
– expand abnormally ¹
- swell verb (swells, swelled, swelling)
  - The bellies of the starving children are swelling¹
- swell up verb (swells up, swelled up, swelling up)
- tumefy verb
- tumesce verb
- intumesce verb
intumesce

– move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically ¹
to bubble up; intumesce
– move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically ¹
- bubble up verb (bubbles up, bubbled up, bubbling up)
- intumesce verb

Alternate Synonyms for "intumesce":

bubble up; surface; come up; rise up; rise
swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce; expand

Related Definitions for "intumesce":

expand abnormally¹
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically¹

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