surges
Rapid powerful increases
Surges are sudden powerful forward movements or increases.
Ocean waves surge toward shore; crowds surge through gates; electricity surges through wires.
The word captures both physical rushing motion and rapid intensification: a surge in popularity, a surge of adrenaline, power surges damaged the computer.
Storm surge is the abnormal rise in seawater during hurricanes.
To surge is to move or increase in this sudden, swelling way.
Growth in amount
- expansionIncrease in scope
- boomLoud deep sound
- spikeSharp rise or point
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
upturn · upswing · proliferation · rise · swell · jump · explosion · acceleration
Increase in size
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- crestHighest point or tuft
- breakersWaves that collapse shoreward
- surfWaves near shore
whitecaps · foam · splash · undertow · ripples · tsunami · storm · billowing
Quick sudden movement
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- throngDense pressing crowd
- massQuantity of matter
stampede · swarm · influx · crush · stream · mob · horde · deluge
Violent offensive act
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- chargeCost or accusation
- pushForce something away
advance · rush · thrust · incursion · blitz · barrage · raid · counterattack
increase
Growth in amount
escalation · upturn · upswing · proliferation · rise · swell · jump · explosion · acceleration · multiplication
swell
Increase in size
surf · whitecaps · foam · splash · undertow · ripples · tsunami · storm · billowing · rolling
rush
Quick sudden movement
mass · stampede · swarm · influx · crush · stream · mob · horde · deluge · inundation
assault
Violent offensive act
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- chargeCost or accusation
push · advance · rush · thrust · incursion · blitz · barrage · raid · counterattack · breakthrough
power
Energy transfer rate
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- currentDirected flow of charge
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
blackout · outage · transformer · circuit · amperage · kilowatt · megawatt · breaker · fuse · brownout
thrust
Forceful forward motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- pushForce something away
drive · force · burst · rush · impulse · power · forward · advancing · charging · pressing
- stimulationarousal, excitement, activation, sensory input, impulse
- undulationsundulation, ripple, ripples, rippling, wave
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- crime datacrime trends, arrest rate, incarceration rate, violent crime rate, property crime
- running traininglong runs, interval training, intervals, easy runs, fartlek
surgesstabilizes
Makes firm or steady
steadies · plateaus · levels off · holds steady · flatlines
- power surgeAbrupt voltage increase
- storm surgeWind-driven coastal flooding
- surge protectorElectrical overflow shield
- surge pricingRates rising with demand
- energy surgeSudden increase in power
- crowd surgeDangerous collective movement
surge, insurgent, surging, upsurge, resurgence, surged, insurgency, insurgence, resurge