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full-blown

[ US /ˌfʊɫˈbɫoʊn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. fully ripe; at the height of bloom
    a full-blown rose
  2. having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness
    a full-blown financial crisis

How To Use full-blown In A Sentence

  • The border dispute turned into a full-blown crisis.
  • But for many smaller outfits, the slowdown has become a full-blown credit crunch.
  • The classic presentation of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is a full-blown nephritic syndrome with oliguric acute renal failure.
  • Seeing the disaster zone in the cold light of day can be enough to speed a headache to a full-blown hangover.
  • Friday night's gusty winds blew on through Saturday and matured into a full-blown storm as Britain slept last night - or rather, as Britain tried to sleep.
  • Fortunately, full-blown flu epidemics are relatively rare.
  • By the early 1990s, the above-mentioned "structural" changes were building up to a very strong pressure toward a full-blown financial liberalization.
  • Nor do new cognitive skills emerge full-blown. The Developing Child (7th edn.)
  • We were able to step up the awards ceremony from last year's weenie roast to a full-blown rock'n'roll New York City rager.
  • The next stage, she says, is an attitude of helplessness about work, the full-blown Sisyphus complex.
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