Countersurge

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A surge opposing an earlier surge.

    "Across the centuries the fortunes of the two religions have risen and fallen in a sequence of momentous surges, pauses, and countersurges."

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"Across the centuries the fortunes of the two religions have risen and fallen in a sequence of momentous surges, pauses, and countersurges."

Etymology

From counter- + surge.

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