Definitions for upsurge
ʌpˈsɜrdʒ; ˈʌpˌsɜrdʒup·surge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rush, spate, surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden forceful flow

2. surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden or abrupt strong increase

   "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. upsurgenoun

   a sudden strong rise or flow

2. upsurgeverb

   to surge up, or to become stronger or greater

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Upsurge

   Upsurge is a novel by Australian writer J. M. Harcourt. Set in Perth, Western Australia, during the Great Depression, it was the first novel to be banned by the then Commonwealth Book Censorship Board and the first to be prosecuted by police in Australia.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Upsurge

   up-surj′, v.i. to surge up.

Matched Categories

1. • Flow
   • Increase

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of upsurge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of upsurge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of upsurge in a Sentence

1. Nathan Thrall:

   Historically, diplomatic activity in this conflict has increased in response to violence, the U.S. is shifting from largely ignoring this conflict to sending the secretary of state to reinvest in dealing with it. That is something Abbas desires. But the risks that attend this upsurge are much greater for him than the potential benefits.

2. Nathan Thrall:

   This upsurge is mostly all bad for Abbas, any change in confronting Israel is necessarily a weakening of Abbas and a strengthening of his Palestinian political opponents, both within Fatah and outside it.

3. Ryuji Wakita:

   In order to prevent another upsurge, it is crucial to prevent the people from roaming around during the Olympics and summer vacation.

4. Getty Images:

   In kindergarten she was wearing a mask all year, and it wasn't an issue, and at the beginning of this year they didn't have them wearing masks, and she was thrilled, of course. And then with the upsurge and the new variant they had to return to masks. And she just cried. She was devastated. So it really brought it… more into perspective to me that this is hard for them. It affects them so much more than we realize sometimes.

5. Martin Llewellyn:

   As well as the return of measles and other vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, the continued upsurge in malaria could soon become uncontrollable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=upsurge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Upsurge
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsurge
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=upsurge