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uprush

[uhp-ruhsh]

noun

an upward rush, as of water or air.

an abrupt increase: an uprush of business during the noon hour.

Origin:
1870–75; up- + rush¹

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uprush (ˈʌpˌrʌʃ)

—n
	an upward rush, as of consciousness

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