to resurge
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7.4
- verb
- /rɪˈsɜrdʒ/
- Cholera, long vanquished in Latin America, resurged in 1991 along the western coast, claiming some 11,000 lives and costing an estimated $200 million in Peru alone.
Examples
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Since the early 1990s, piracy has resurged and even increased in some places in the world, particularly in Southeast Asia.
Academic text (2005) -
It means they get first dibs on money, and it means that they will resurge as another elite banker class.
Blog text (19) -
The concept has resurged this week, though, and it's worth talking about it again.
Blog text (10) -
What do you make of the very well established and sort of recently resurging criticism of Pride?
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I've seen, and I see this every day in my life, a level of resurging interest that is stunning.
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When the rebellion resurged in late 2011, you had fighters showing up from Libya with lots of arms.
Blog text (20) -
Anyway, whole bean coffee will hopefully survive and resurge, bringing with it all of the upsides (besides non-shitty coffee) that have been mentioned.
Blog text (10) -
But nationalism and communism have not resurged, as many feared they would in 1993; in fact, Russians have repeatedly voted to keep pressing ahead.
Academic text (2000) -
But there were always the muttered protests from the right, always the marches outside the abortion clinics, and now the anti-woman forces have resurged.
Blog text (6) -
Polio has resurged in several regions that had previously eradicated the disease.
Synonyms
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4.2
Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten
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5.7
Come back to life or return to activity after a time away
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5.1
Make a feeling or interest strong again
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5.5
Become successful or active again after a long time away
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4.3
To get back to normal after a problem
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4.6
To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped
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4.1
To appear again after being away or hidden
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Etymology
The word resurge comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and surg meaning 'to rise', the same root you see in surge. So, to resurge is to rise or become active again, like interest or a wave coming back.