upsurgencen.
= upsurge n.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > rapid or sharp increase
mushroom growth1727
skyrocketing1821
wave1851
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mushrooming1916
bump-up1927
upsurgence1934
upsurge1935
explosion1953
surge1964
quantum jump1975
quantum leap1977
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1945 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Feb. 40/2 Mr. Harry L. Hopkins' view of what is needed to keep the Germans and Japanese from new upsurgences is certainly not a frivolous one.
1958 Church Times 22 Aug. 3/4 He emphasized the great dangers of the upsurgence of non~Christian religions in the Eastern world—particularly Buddhism.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xii. 160/1 I have mentioned the possible effect of plant upsurgence during the Carboniferous.
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