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• up|rush — «UHP RUHSH», verb, noun. –v.i. to rush upward: »It gets a forward push by leaning its tail fluke against the uprushing water of the wave (Scientific American). –n. an upward rush or flow: »the sizzling uprush of a rocket (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary