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full-blown

[ fool-blohn ]

adjective

  1. fully or completely developed:

    full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.

  2. in full bloom:

    a full-blown rose.



full-blown

adjective

  1. characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development
  2. in full bloom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of full-blown1

First recorded in 1605–15
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Los Angeles is experiencing a full-blown budget crisis.

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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.

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But what may be even worse is his full-blown assault on the health and well-being of American children.

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’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.”

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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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