intumesce
verb
- 1
expand abnormally
The bellies of the starving children are swelling
- 2
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
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