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