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Onrush

Onrush Meaning & Definition
Onrush Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Onrush?

[n] an offensive against and enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
[n] a forceful forward rush; "it was forgotten in the onrush of events"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Onrush: attack | onset | onslaught

Related Terms | Find terms related to Onrush: advance | affluence | afflux | affluxion | angular motion | ascending | ascent | axial motion | backflowing | backing | backward motion | Brownian movement | career | climbing | concourse | confluence | conflux | course | crosscurrent | current | defluxion | descending | descent | downflow | downpour | downward motion | drift | driftage | ebbing | flight | flow | flowing | fluency | flux | forward motion | gush | inflow | mill run | millrace | mounting | oblique motion | ongoing | onward course | outflow | passage | plunging | progress | race | radial motion | random motion | reflowing | refluence | reflux | regression | retrogression | rising | run | rush | set | sideward motion | sinking | soaring | spate | sternway | stream | subsiding | surge | tide | traject | trajet | trend | undercurrent | undertow | upward motion | water flow

See Also | assault | banzai attack | banzai charge | blitz | bombardment | bombing | charge | counterattack | countermove | coup de main | diversion | diversionary attack | fire | firing | ground attack | incursion | military operation | operation | penetration | rush | spate | strike | surge | surprise attack | upsurge

Onrush In Webster's Dictionary

\On"rush`\, n. A rushing onward.

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