snowballed
past simple and past participle ofsnowball
snowball
verb[I]
uk/ˈsnəʊ.bɔːl/us/ˈsnoʊ.bɑːl/If aplan,problem,idea, etc. snowballs, itquicklygrowsbiggerand moreimportant:
Isuggesteda fewdrinksafterwork, and thewholething snowballedintoacompanyparty.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- fade
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflame
- inflation
- mushroom
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- shoot up
- spike
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snowballed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
An economic crisis beginning in the 1970ssnowballedthroughout the 1980s, leading to a sharp decline in living standards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His concert engagements, collaborations with legendary musicians, media appearances, and music production havesnowballedsince then.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One thing led to another and this projectsnowballedinto the major work that it is.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We asked him to play a split 7 with us and itsnowballedfrom there.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He added there was a grain of truth in the beginning, but then it allsnowballedinto some big silly thing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The initial reactionsnowballedinto a wave of attacks on major pro-copyright and anti-piracy organizations, law firms, and individuals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the late 1980s numbers hadsnowballedto over 100,000 applications with around 15,00025,000 exit visas being granted annually.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once we had them locked up other victims spoke out and itsnowballedfrom there.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Over time, these diatribessnowballedinto full-blown conspiracy theories.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It reallysnowballedfrom there, and we got a fair old pasting for that one.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The strike soonsnowballedto bring other dockers across the region into the fold.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The discussion began to gain momentum and soonsnowballedover a number of days.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bank failuressnowballedas desperate bankers called in loans, which the borrowers did not have time or money to repay.
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