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surging
[surj] 
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surge
[surj]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rush, usually in liquid form |
| Synonyms: | arise, billow, climb, deluge, eddy, flow, grow, gush, heave, mount, pour, ripple, rise, roll, sluice, stream, swell, swirl, tower, undulate, well forth |
| 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: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate or submerge |
| Synonyms: | brim over, choke, deluge, drown, engulf, fill, flow, glut, gush, immerse, overflow, oversupply, overwhelm, pour over, rush, saturate, surge, swamp, swarm, sweep, whelm |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out |
| Synonyms: | burst, cascade, emanate, emerge, flood, flow, flush, issue, jet, pour, roll, run, rush, sluice, spew, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge, well |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
| Synonyms: | billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke, retch, rise, sign, sob, spew, spit up, surge, suspire, swell, throb, throw up, upchuck, vomit |
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spurt, gush |
| Synonyms: | flow, fly, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, spritz, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
| Synonyms: | bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, jack up, mount, put up, raise, rise, surge, up |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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