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full-blown
[ fool-blohn ]
adjective
- fully or completely developed:
full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
- in full bloom:
a full-blown rose.
full-blown
adjective
- characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development
- in full bloom
Word History and Origins
Origin of full-blown1
Example Sentences
Los Angeles is experiencing a full-blown budget crisis.
There are also growing fears that US tariffs could spark a full-blown international trade war, push up prices and fuel inflation around the world - including in the UK.
But what may be even worse is his full-blown assault on the health and well-being of American children.
’s more, an influx of people moving into the wildland-urban interface — or the area where human development meets the natural landscape — is contributing to what Rollins described as a “full-blown wildfire and forest health crisis.”
There is still plenty to see and learn in a landscape being devoured by primal forces, and many battles to be fought, whether with assassin stealth or full-blown epic intensity.
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