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billowed

VERB

surge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

undulate

STRONG

balloon belly bloat bounce bulge heave pitch ripple rock roll swell toss wave

WEAK

ebb and flow puff up rise and fall rise up

Antonyms

STRONG

shrink stabilize

Example Sentences

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Plumes of thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday afternoon as firefighters struggled to contain a large industrial fire at a tire recycling facility in South Gate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

It was an emotional occasion for fans gathered in the city centre, where claret and blue smoke billowed from flares as flags were flown.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

When smoke billowed from the damaged Fairmont The Palm hotel, he decided to hunker down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

I opened the sack just outside the cottage and a thick, dusty powder billowed out.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff