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onrush

noun
/ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/UK/ˈɔnˌɹʌʃ/

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from rehusser
  2. derived from russhen — “to force back”
  3. derived from *(o)rewə-✻ — “to drive, move, agitate”
  4. derived from *rūsōną✻ — “to be cruel, storm, rush”
  5. derived from *rūskōną✻ — “to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”
  6. derived from ruschen — “to rush”
  7. derived from *ḱers-✻ — “to run, hurry”
  8. inherited from *hurskijaną✻ — “to startle, drive”
  9. inherited from *hurskijan✻
  10. inherited from hrysċan — “to jolt, startle”
  11. inherited from ruschen
  12. prefixed as onrush — “on + rush”

Definitions

  1. A forceful rush or flow forward.

    • So persistent is the onrush of new construction in New York that the first temptation for the architecture buff is to track down the latest things, be they good or bad […]

  2. An aggressive assault.

    • He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To assault aggressively.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA