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upsurge
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Noun upsurge has 2 senses
- upsurge(n = noun.event) rush, spate, surge - a sudden forceful flow; Array is a kind of flow, flowing
- upsurge(n = noun.act) surge - a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" is a kind of increase, step-up
has particulars: debris storm, debris surge, onrush
THESAURUS
upsurge
access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, anabasis, appreciation, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, augment, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost, broadening, build, buildup, clamber, climb, climbing, come up, crescendo, curl upwards, development, edema, elevation, enlarge, enlargement, escalade, expand, expansion, extension, flood, fountain, gain, go up, greatening, grow up, growth, gush, gyring up, heighten, hike, increase, increment, inflation, jet, jump, leap, levitate, levitation, loom, mount, mounting, multiplication, multiply, productiveness, proliferation, raise, rear, rear up, rise, rise up, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, snowballing, soaring, spiral, spire, spout, spread, spring, spurt, stand up, surge, swarm up, sweep up, swelling, takeoff, taking off, tower, tumescence, up, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow, upgrowth, upheave, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspin, upstream, upsurgence, upswarm, upsweep, upswing, uptrend, upturn, upwind, vault, wax, waxing, widening, zooming
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