BLOATS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

bloats

verb

present tense third-person singular of bloat

as in bulks

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Management Early detection is essential for successfully controlling borers with pesticides applied to the tree through injections or soil drenches before the insects can cause much damage.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
This outdoor garden pod has a floor-to-ceiling window that drenches the entire space in natural light.

— Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

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Each year, the tournament floods Baltimore’s economy with millions of dollars, boosting tourism, supporting local businesses, and energizing our communities.

— Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
If an agent misbehaves, floods a system, or takes an unauthorized action, the organization on the receiving end often has no reliable way to determine who is responsible for it.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of floods

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Patricia Silvia’s family fills the first two rows of the small viewing room attached to the execution chamber.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Ella Langley Claims Two Top Five Albums Langley fills two spaces inside the top five on the Top Country Albums chart this week.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of fills

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The video shows Ron Thompson appear to swing at Thompson, and Stephanie Daniels shoves her.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026
Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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If a page loads its content dynamically or sits behind a login, a standard retrieval step never sees it.

— Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Turnover and the shelter’s euthanasia rates were trending down; officers’ shifts were shorter and case loads smaller.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

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Though the darkness of the material never swamps the comedy, a balance McGee calibrated deliberately — less interested in the whodunit than in the women fumbling through it.

— Kennedy French, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
The repairs should keep water from damaging the telescope, as cold, wet and windy weather arrives and swamps the Bay Area into next week, potentially bringing snow to Mount Hamilton.

— Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026

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