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surge, upsurge

n. a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"

surge

v. see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

billow, surge, heave

v. rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"

soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom

v. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

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inflation

n. the act of filling something with air

acceleration, quickening, speedup

n. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

v. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

bulge, bulk

v. cause to bulge or swell outwards

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

cascade

v. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

pour

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

v. move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

wheel, roll

v. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"

swim

v. move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

corkscrew, spiral

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

roll, undulate, flap, wave

v. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

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decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

n. the act of decreasing or reducing something

fall

v. move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"

go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

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