inflate#1 (v)
blow up#1 (v)
expand#2 (v)
amplify#2 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def exaggerate or make bigger
examples The charges were inflated
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym increase
Derivationally related form expand → expansive
Hyponym puff up
Incoming links
Derivationally related form expansive → expand
Hyponym increase
Hypernym puff up

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