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having all the qualities of something that is at its most complete or advanced stage (The drop in shares could develop into a full-blown crisis. • full-blown AIDS • As in any full-blown controversy, these polarised positions were the ones taken up by most contributors to the fight. • But doctors predicted that her chance of developing full-blown diabetes in the next five years was at least 1 in 4. • What began as a serious oil spill has become a full-blown environmental disaster. • Others again, such as physics, chemistry or history, have important professional associations or societies without being full-blown professions. • Now, however, they are being formally recognised as mild, but genuine, variations of full-blown psychosis.  ldoceonline.com); having or displaying all the characteristic features (a full-blown financial crisis thefreedictionary.com); completely developed (an idea expanded into a full-blown book thefreedictionary.com); fully mature (merriam-webster.com); full-fledged (merriam-webster.com); possessing or exhibiting all the usual or necessary features or symptoms (A general philosophy, if not a full-blown ideology, is emerging. • He developed full-blown AIDS. merriam-webster.com); fully developed (The outbreak has the potential to become a full-blown pandemic. • Now it has developed into a full-blown national discussion about what it means to be British in the twenty-first century. • It takes typically eight to thirty years for damaged cells to develop into full-blown cancers. • It is in the deeper recesses of the lung where the Anthrax spores develop into full-blown Pulmonary Anthrax. • See a doctor or a psychiatrist quick before the illness develops into its full-blown form. • The consumer-credit problem has not yet developed into a full-blown crisis. • Of course, chimpanzees don't proceed to develop full-blown language the way you and I have. • Aeneas' son Iulus kills a pet stag while hunting, and from that small spark a full-blown war develops. • These people are more likely to develop full-blown depression at some point in their lives. • What began as a small commotion is quickly growing into a full-blown riot. • It is core to their lives, and that situation will remain as they mature into full-blown consumers. • All of a sudden, this little obsession of mine seem to have grown into a full-blown schoolboy crush. • Army personnel are in training in the event of a full-blown strike at the country's prisons. • If treated, pre-eclampsia rarely progresses to full-blown eclampsia and most women can have normal babies. • I expected it to turn into a full-blown cold or even flu over the weekend but, apart from the odd sneeze here and there, no other symptoms have materialised. • You don't need a complete full-blown language system like humans have in order to make it worthwhile. • Before these problems can flower into full-blown catastrophes something even worse happens. • When one in four girls admits to an incipient eating disorder, how do you pick out the ones who are in danger of a full-blown psychiatric complex? • The next stage, she says, is an attitude of helplessness about work, the full-blown Sisyphus complex. • My first full-blown love affair revolved entirely around a musical epiphany: a formal introduction to The Smiths. • By full time, it bordered on a full-blown travesty of justice. lexico.com); having all the characteristics of a particular type of thing or person (Before becoming a full-blown director, he worked as the film editor on Citizen Kane. collinsdictionary.com); having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness (MLB avoided a full-blown debacle when the World Series ended in six games. • We are well on our way to another full-blown pandemic, with thousands more dying each day. • Even the unlucky patients with post-viral symptoms don’t always develop full-blown ME. • The fall was greater in those over 65, compared with younger age groups, and in those without symptoms compared with those with full-blown Covid-19. • He said the state was trying to stop a “full-blown second wave” like those occurring worldwide. • Many districts fill in those spots with uncertified teachers, like paraeducators, student teachers or substitutes without full-blown teaching licenses. • With nearly 1 million deaths worldwide, full-blown bereavement is the most recognizable. • How did the decision to open up these additional drop-off locations become a full-blown controversy? • White House sources told ABC News on Monday that there is “a full-blown freak-out” in the administration as aides wait to see who will be next to test positive. vocabulary.com); completely developed or formed (We are in the midst of a full-blown crisis. wiktionary.org) |
