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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SWOLLEN

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What does SWOLLEN mean?

SWOLLEN verb
  1. To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
  2. To cause to become bigger.
  3. To grow gradually in force or loudness.
  4. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
  5. To be raised to arrogance.
  6. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  7. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
  8. To protuberate; to bulge out.
SWOLLEN adjective
  1. Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

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