Rise and Wave

Rise

Rise noun - A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.

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Wave and rise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wave" instead a noun "Rise".

Nearby Words: rising, risen

Wave noun - Something that rises rapidly.

Usage example: a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right

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Rise and wave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rise" instead a noun "Wave".

Nearby Words: waved, waving, wavy, wavelet, waveband

long	long rise	long wave
similar	similar rise	similar wave
complete	complete rise	complete wave
original	original rise	original wave
Other adjectives: initial, single, small, entire, massive, big, huge, little, quick, early, immediate, later, mysterious, latest, recent, sudden, attempted.

Pac-Man gave rise to such a wave of unauthorized clones that the arcade version of Ms.

Source: Follow The Leader / Video Games
Avril Lavigne: Canadian pop-punk songstress whose rise to stardom in 2002 led to the wiping out of the bubblegum-pop wave of music dominant at the time.

Source: Turn Of The Millennium / Music
Dead Reign takes place in a worldwide Zombie Apocalypse that was caused by a strange sickness known only as "The Wave" which killed people and made them rise as zombies.

Source: Unspecified Apocalypse

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