Onrush

/ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/ · noun

Meaning

A forceful rush or flow forward..

Definitions by Sense

1. A forceful rush or flow forward.
2. An aggressive assault.
3. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
4. To assault aggressively.

Example Sentences

The love within us and the love without Are mixed, confounded; if we are loved or love, We scarce distinguish. So, with other power. Being acted on and acting seem the same: In that first onrush of life’s chariot-wheels, We know not if the forests move or we.

For a brief moment the onrush of the egwugwu [masked men representing ancestral spirits] was checked by the unexpected composure of the two men. But it was only a momentary check, like the tense silence between blasts of thunder. The second onrush was greater than the first. It swallowed up the two men.

So persistent is the onrush of new construction in New York that the first temptation for the architecture buff is to track down the latest things, be they good or bad […]

He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.

Werner’s run had created the space and Havertz got there before the onrushing Ederson, catching a little break off the goalkeeper before rolling it into the empty net.

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• onrushes
• onrushing
• onrushed

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