Onrush

Quick meaning: Onrush is a noun meaning A forceful rush or flow forward.

Meaning

A forceful rush or flow forward.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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.

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 […]

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.

Word Forms

• onrushes
• onrushing
• onrushed

Synonyms for onrush

Depending on context, synonyms include onslaught, onset, attack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include onslaught, onset, attack, charge, rush, uprush.

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