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Definition of groundswell noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

groundswell

noun

NAmE//ˈɡraʊndswɛl//

[singular] groundswell (of something) (formal)

the sudden increase of a particular feeling among a group of people a groundswell of support There was a groundswell of opinion that he should resign.

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