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Define the word upsurge

upsurge
     n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge]
     2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of
        speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in
        violent crime" [syn: surge]

127 Moby Thesaurus words for "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