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onrush

[on-ruhsh, awn-]
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noun
  1. a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
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Origin of onrush

1835–45; on + rush1, after the verb phrase rush on
Related formson·rush·ing, adjective

Synonyms

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onset, torrent, flood, charge.
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Examples from the Web for onrush

Historical Examples

  • While he had been speaking, the onrush of the storm had blotted out the moon.

    The Fortune Hunter

    Louis Joseph Vance

  • As she had stooped to pick it up, she had been knocked to her knees by the onrush of the others.

  • But his sailors were no match for the onrush of these fiends from Dunkirk.

  • We sprang from rock to rock and evaded the onrush of the foaming waves.

    The Crack of Doom

    Robert Cromie

  • It is impossible to estimate the value of the rural church in the onrush of civilization.

    Society

    Henry Kalloch Rowe

British Dictionary definitions for onrush

onrush

noun
  1. a forceful forward rush or flow
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