Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both terms in one sentence
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But when shot in succession under battlefield conditions, soot from the black powder would build up in the barrel, preventing new balls from being dropped in the barrel, or jamming or even exploding the gun upon it being fired.
Source: Guns Are Worthless -
According to the legend, he had some type of electrical imbalance in his brain, which must have somehow boiled his cranial liquids, causing pressure to build up inside his skull, exploding his head "as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium".
Source: Your Head A-Splode
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