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surged

verb

past tense of surge
1
as in erupted

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2
as in skyrocketed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surged
  1. erupted
  2. skyrocketed
  3. poured
  4. jumped
  5. gushed
  6. increased
  7. spurted
  8. rocketed
Verb
  • Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, is very much aware of the harsh backlash to a potential settlement that erupted among Congressional Democrats, A-listers like Mark Ruffalo and others as deal talks accelerated.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Saturday’s unrest came a year after rioting erupted around a right-wing demonstration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of erupted
Verb
  • The number of adults over 30 who took psilocybin in the past year has skyrocketed, up 188 percent between 2019 and 2023, according to a 2025 release from Annals of Internal Medicine.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While earlier forecasts from the California Association of Realtors projected that mortgage rates would remain below 6% in 2026, mortgage rates have since skyrocketed passed 7%.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of skyrocketed
Verb
  • Brooke poured her heart out in the wake of here father’s death, which was later determined to be caused by a heart attack.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Kobe poured his cash into the sports drink startup, ultimately netting an astronomical $444 million return when Coca-Cola acquired the brand and cementing the basketball icon as a legitimate venture capital heavyweight.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • The 10-year yield has jumped a full percentage point since right before the Iran war started in late February and a half point in the past two months alone.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, the Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead behind Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of jumped
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  • As blood gushed from deep puncture wounds on his torso and limbs, Singh fought to get away from his attacker.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • While visiting Today on Wednesday morning, Harington gushed about being chosen to portray the vain and bumbling Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart on the second season of HBO’s Harry Potter adaptation.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of gushed
Verb
  • Tensions have surged in the West Bank, and extremist Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians have increased exponentially, emboldened by right-wing, ultra-nationalist politicians in Israel's government.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Now, with growing bipartisan opposition to the rapid buildout of data centers suggest that even ordinary residents of communities and voters have increased power to help pace the frontier from the bottom up.
    — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of increased
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  • Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of spurted
Verb
  • Viewing to anime on Netflix has rocketed at almost 10 times the rate of the streamer’s total viewing numbers over the past three years.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 631 points and the 2-year Treasury yield, the security most sensitive to Fed rate expectations, rocketed more than 7 basis points higher.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of rocketed
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“Surged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surged. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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