full-blown

[fool-blohn]

adjective

1. fully or completely developed.

   full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.

2. in full bloom.

   a full-blown rose.

full-blown

adjective

1. characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development

2. in full bloom

Word History and Origins

Origin of full-blown¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed last November that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hamas ally Hezbollah, including two months of full-blown war.

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It’s now a full-blown police state aligned with Caracas.

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"This has been the first full-blown drone war," says Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defence program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, and the author of several reports on drone warfare.

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The country’s love of cheap stuff escalated into full-blown addiction during the pandemic, when Americans were stuck at home while leaps in technology made online shopping easier than ever before.

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But a full-blown auction could upset those plans — and the transaction could close at a later date.

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