9
overstate(verb, aggravate, color, enhance, magnify)
9
puff(verb, praise, color, publicize, elaborate)
8
detonate(verb, break, set, increase, destroy)
8
anger(noun, verb, state, passion, annoy)
8
balloon(verb, increase, raise, swell, expand)
8
blow a fuse(verb, expression, idiom, blow, rage)
8
dramatize(verb, aggravate, color, enhance, elaborate)
8
seethe(verb, rise, blow, annoy, provoke)
7
aggrandise
7
bloat(verb, increase, open, develop, extend)
7
burst(noun, verb, increase, ruin, destroy)
7
extend(verb, increase, open, develop, rise)
7
fill(verb, stop, close, increase, drive)
7
fulminate(verb, criticize, blow, rage, blast)
7
heighten(verb, increase, open, develop, extend)
7
lengthen(verb, increase, open, develop, rise)
7
mushroom(verb, increase, open, develop, destroy)
7
pad(verb, increase, open, develop, extend)
6
bomb(verb, destroy, damage, blast, shoot)
6
bristle(verb, upset, rise, blow, annoy)
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