GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Full-blown (?), a.
   1. Fully expanded, as a blossom; completely developed; as, “a full-blown rose”.  Denham.
   
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   2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail.  Dryden.
   
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   3. Hence: Of full intensity; as, “the recession developed into full-blown depression; a full-blown international crisis”.
   
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