Pushed back and Rise up

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Rise up and pushed back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rise up" instead a verb "Pushed back".

Rise up verb - Come to the surface.

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Pushed back and rise up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pushed back" instead a verb "Rise up".

The rest of the world is pretty damn inhospitable, what with a series of minor nuclear wars making the Devouring Earth rise up to destroy humanity, only getting pushed back by MORE nukes which, of course, made them angrier... It's not as nice a place as the shiny capital city seems.

Source: Bizarro Universe

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