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upsurge

[v. uhp-surj; n. uhp-surj] Origin

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.

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Origin:
1915–20; up- + surge
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upsurge
 
vb
1.  literary chiefly (intr) to surge up
 
n
2.  a rapid rise or swell

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upsurge
1928, from up- + surge.
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