postsurge

adj

Etymology

From post- + surge.

  1. derived from *h₃réǵeti
  2. derived from surgō
  3. derived from surgir
  4. derived from surgir — “to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land
  5. derived from sourgir
  6. prefixed as postsurge — “post- + surge

Definitions

  1. After a surge.

    • When reports surfaced early this summer that our contractors in Iraq (180,000, of whom some 48,000 are believed to be security personnel) now outnumber our postsurge troop strength, we yawned.

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