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broadening(noun, verb, expansion, expanding)
8
rising(verb, spire, shoot up, tower up)
8
surging(noun, excitement, agitation, nervousness)
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growing(verb, rising, mounting, upward)
6
heaving(noun, excitement, agitation, unrest)
5
billowy(mounting, protuberant, surging)
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bulging(mounting, protuberant, protruding)
5
increasing(verb, rising, mounting, upward)
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bombastic
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burgeoning(noun, verb, raise, gain)
4
expanding(verb, rising, mounting, upward)
4
protuberant(mounting, protruding)
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sprouting(spire, shoot up, tower up, uprise)
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swollen
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tumid
4
turgid
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augmenting(verb, rising, mounting, upward)
3
bloated
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distended
3
enlarging(verb, rising, mounting, upward)
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