I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.
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Tumescent
/tuˈmɛsənt/
Synonyms for "tumescent" (29 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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3 entriesedematous tissueengorged vesselstumefied vessels
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6 entriestumescent anesthesiatumescent edematumescent liposuctiontumescent solutiontumescent statetumescent tissue
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2 entriesmore tumescentmost tumescent
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