full-blown
Americanadjective
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fully or completely developed.
full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
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in full bloom.
a full-blown rose.
adjective
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characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development
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in full bloom
Etymology
Origin of full-blown
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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United may not be the force they once were and travel to Italy on the brink of a full-blown crisis after six games without a win, their worst run since 2018-19.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The negotiations follow months of rising tensions between the 27-nation EU and the Asian powerhouse that risk escalating into a full-blown trade war.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
By the 1990s, Merlot was a full-blown phenomenon in the wine industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Players craft elaborate structures and — certainly in Tomlin’s case — full-blown cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Noble Savage dates back as far as the first full-blown ethnography of American indigenous peoples, Bartolome de Las Casas’s Apologetica Historia Sumaria, written mainly in the 1530s.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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