inrush

[in-ruhsh]

noun

1. a rushing rush rushing or pouring in.

inrush

/ ˈɪnˌrʌʃ /

noun

1. a sudden usually overwhelming inward flow or rush; influx

Other Word Forms

• inrushing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inrush¹

First recorded in 1810–20; in- ¹ + rush ¹

Example Sentences

He called on authorities to look into whether opportunities to improve safety at the mine prior to the inrush had been missed.

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Mr Duckenfield pointed to a monitor in the control box and told Mr Kelly that a "gate had been forced, and there'd been an inrush of spectators."

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When a humpback lunges at a shoal of fish, the whale’s baleen, a large comb-like filter in its mouth, sieves the food from the inrush of water.

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Kirton replied: “Mr Duckenfield said to Mr Kelly that a gate had been forced … he said there had been an inrush of supporters.”

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I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people.

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Related Words

• arrival 
• incursion 
• inflow 
• introduction 
• invasion