onrush
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onrush
- /ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/ UK
- /ˈɔnˌɹʌʃ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈɑnˌɹʌʃ/
- /ˈɔnˌɹʌʃ/
- /ˈɒnˌɹʊʃ/ Northern England
Where it comes from
From on- + rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onrǣsan (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onrǣs (“an onrush, assault, attack”).
noun onrushes
- A forceful rush or flow forward. 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.
- An aggressive assault. He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.
Similar: onslaught
verb onrushes · onrushing · onrushed
- To rush or flow forward forcefully. 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.
- To assault aggressively.
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Similar: onslaught
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title = {onrush},
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