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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sudden forceful flow;
[syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge]

2. a sudden or abrupt strong increase;
- Example: "stimulated a surge of speculation"
- Example: "an upsurge of emotion"
- Example: "an upsurge in violent crime"
[syn: surge, upsurge]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

upsurge n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: surge, upsurge]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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