onrush

[ on-ruhsh, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˌrʌʃ, ˈɔn- /

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noun

a strong forward rush, flow, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR onrush

onset, torrent, flood, charge.

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Origin of onrush

1835–45; on + rush¹, after the verb phrase rush on

OTHER WORDS FROM onrush

onrushing, adjective

Words nearby onrush

ONR, on-ramp, on-record, on relief, on request, onrush, ONS, Onsager, on sale, on schedule, on-screen

How to use onrush in a sentence

When the slide ended and the air cleared, Campbell could see Hjertaas, who had avoided the onrush of debris, but Kosakoski was missing.
Love and Loss in the Mountains|jversteegh|August 2, 2021|Outside Online
The existing ISSCR guidelines, issued in 2016, are being updated because of an onrush of new, boundary-busting research.
Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research|Antonio Regalado|March 16, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The Germans were taken completely by surprise, and gave way before the impetuous onrush.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres|Unknown
Their red jersies flaming in the sun, they were like the onrush of a flaming prairie fire.
Red Dynamite|Roy J. Snell

At the sight of their onrush Dorothy caught up the pouch she had dropped and started to retreat—too late!
Dorothy|Evelyn Raymond
She remembered everything now, and with this sudden onrush of memory of the past, came fuller consciousness of the present.
"Unto Caesar"|Baroness Emmuska Orczy
For a long time Italy maintained neutrality, but the onrush of conditions forced her into the war, also on the side of the Allies.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for onrush

onrush

/ (ˈɒnˌrʌʃ) /

noun

a forceful forward rush or flow

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