swelled (up)

verb

past tense of swell (up)
as in increased

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swelled (up)
  1. increased
  2. augmented
  3. expanded
  4. inserted
  5. amplified
  6. compounded
  7. enlarged
  8. multiplied
Verb
  • Diagnoses of autism, a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate and behave, have increased roughly fivefold over the past couple of decades.
    — Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Confusion reigns Wright asserted that the seven-day average of oil flowing out of the Strait of Hormuz had increased to 9 million barrels per day.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of increased
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Ukraine has already augmented its air defenses around Odesa and other ports, with videos showing aircraft, including an F-16 and a Yak-52, shooting down Geran-4s.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • It’s been a banner year for Dean, who kicked it off by winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in February and it’s been augmented by her making history.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of augmented
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  • The company also acquired a bank, expanded to tourism and even considered buying an airline.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Plans call for the addition of 9,000 more homes and expanded retail, including a supermarket and home improvement store, over the next two decades.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of expanded
Verb
  • As a result, the Royals inserted Luke Maile behind the plate to finish the night.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Jabbour said an endovascular cerebrospinal fluid shunt, or E-shunt, is threaded into the brain with a catheter that's inserted through the groin.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • Player development is not an exact science and bringing him along at the right speed will be a delicate balancing act for Alonso, amplified by the pressure to keep piling up Premier League points.
    — Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But the Black dude asking the White player that question is amplified on national television as entertainment.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of amplified
Verb
  • The news that Joelinton has been sidelined for at least a fortnight with a muscle injury has further compounded that issue.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This is compounded by the lack of technical detail on battery, range or speed.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • To be successful now is to achieve the satisfaction of one’s greed, which of course is enlarged by every additional prospect of satisfaction.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The pitch has already been rolled for the next one to be enlarged to 64.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of enlarged
Verb
  • The architecture and core focus of planting community seeds remained constant even as the specific interventions multiplied and deepened.
    — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Isolating each peak required constructing a very specific function that, when multiplied by the original fractal-like function, would pull out just the peak and be close to zero everywhere else.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of multiplied
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“Swelled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelled%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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