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Upsurge - 3 dictionary results

up⋅surge

[v. uhp-surj; n. uhp-surj] verb, -surged, -surg⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to surge up; increase; rise: Water upsurged. Crime upsurged.
–noun
2. the act of surging up; a large or rapid increase: an upsurge in sales.

Origin:
1915–20; up- + surge
up·surge   (ŭp-sûrj')   
intr.v.   up·surged, up·surg·ing, up·surg·es
To surge up.
n.   (ŭp'sûrj')
A rapid or abrupt rise: an upsurge in violent crime.

upsurge 
1928, from up- + surge.
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