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surge

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1. surge - Noun

2. surge - Verb

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A spring; a fountain.

A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

To slip along a windlass.

To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind. Joseph Smith

A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem. Norm Coleman

Anybody who believes the surge has not succeeded, militarily, politically and in most other ways, frankly, does not know the facts on the ground. John McCain

By the road to the contagious hospital under the surge of the blue mottled clouds driven from the northeast - a cold wind. William Carlos Williams

For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes. Chris Evans

Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development. Barry Commoner

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