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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, usually of liquid |
| Synonyms: | billow, breaker, deluge, efflux, flood, flow, growth, gush, intensification, outpouring, rise, roll, surf, swell, upsurge, wave |
| Main Entry: | barrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profusion of something |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, blast, bombardment, burst, deluge, hail, mass, onslaught, plethora, rain, shower, storm, stream, surge, torrent |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throbbing |
| Synonyms: | cadence, cadency, flow, flutter, measure, meter, oscillation, palpitation, pound, pressure, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, rhyme, rhythm, ripple, shake, surge, swell, swing, throb, thump, tick, undulation, vibration |
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surging mass |
| Synonyms: | beachcomber, breaker, crest, roller, surge, swell, tide, wave |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, spit up, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow; run |
| Synonyms: | career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble |
| Main Entry: | crescendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase to climax |
| Synonyms: | apex, ascension, building, climb, crest, critical mass, culmination, elevation, escalation, intensification, peak, pinnacle, rise, summit, surge, upsurge, zenith |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large assembly |
| Synonyms: | army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, conflux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, gaggle, great unwashed, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and file, scores, sellout, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult |
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