reexpanding

Widening once more

Reexpanding is expanding again after a period of contraction or compression.

Lungs reexpand after being deflated during surgery.

A company reexpands into markets it had previously abandoned.

The foam reexpanded once the pressure was released.

scope

broadening

Increasing in extent

amplifying · deepening · enhancement · escalation · intensification · extrapolation · elaboration · development · advancement · scaling

physical

enlargement

Increase in size

inflation · stretching · widening · broadening · ballooning · puffing · bloating · reinflation · reopening · restoration

growth

regrowth

Growing back again

renewal · revival · regeneration · redevelopment · blossoming · sprouting · rebirth · recovery · restoration · rekindling

spread

proliferation

Rapid increase in quantity

dispersion · distribution · circulation · permeation · penetration · transmission · multiplication · radiation · branching · extending

economic

reflation

Policy-driven economic revival

reinflation · economic recovery · upturn · upswing · boom · rally · resurgence

Opposites
volume/size change direction

reexpandingcontracting

Reducing in volume

compressing · shrinking · collapsing · deflating · condensing

Family

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