Balloon
Balloon verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Lower
Lower verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased
Both words in one sentence
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A special type of airship (or balloon really since it was unmanned) known as a Barrage Balloon was used as an area-denial system for lower flying aircraft.
Source: Useful Notes / Airships - In Friends are Never Far Away, Skywishes is searching for the manual to a hot air balloon so she can find out how to lower the landing gear.
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Even more similar is Balloon Fight (when two opponents collide, the lower one loses!).
Source: Video Game / Joust
Cite this Source
Lower and Balloon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/balloon/lower
Balloon & Lower. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/balloon/lower>.
Lower or Balloon. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/balloon/lower.
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