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UPSURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upsurge mean? 

UPSURGE (noun)
  The noun UPSURGE has 2 senses:

1. a sudden forceful flowplay

2. a sudden or abrupt strong increaseplay

  Familiarity information: UPSURGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UPSURGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden forceful flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

rush; spate; surge; upsurge

Hypernyms ("upsurge" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upsurge"):

debris storm; debris surge (the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building)

onrush (a forceful forward rush or flow)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden or abrupt strong increase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

surge; upsurge

Context example:

an upsurge in violent crime

Hypernyms ("upsurge" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)


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