onrushing

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on·rush (

, ôn

1. A forward rush or flow.

2. A violent physical or verbal attack; an assault.

onrushing adj.

Translations

onrushing [ˈɒnˌrʌʃɪŋ] ADJ [vehicle] → embalado, sin freno; [water] → creciente
the onrushing tide of immigrants → la creciente oleada de inmigrantes

onrushing

adj vehicle → heranbrausend; tide, water → hereinbrechend

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oncoming			They said that old Windpeter stood up on the seat of his wagon, raving and swearing at the onrushing locomotive, and that he fairly screamed with delight when the team, maddened by his inces- sant slashing at them, rushed straight ahead to cer- tain death. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context With a mighty roar the beast turned and charged once more, only to be met with a third arrow full in one eye; but this time she was too close to the ape-man for the latter to sidestep the onrushing body. Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context To face that savage mountain of onrushing ferocity, to stand unshaken before the hideous fangs that he knew were bared in slavering blood-thirstiness, though he could not see them, required nerves of steel; but of such were the nerves of Carthoris of Helium. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			onomastics Onomatechny Onomatologist onomatology onomatomania Onomatope onomatophobia onomatopoeia onomatopoeic onomatopoeical Onomatopoetic Onomatopy onomomancy Onondaga Onondagan Onondagas Ononis Ononis repens Ononis spinosa Onopordon Onopordon acanthium Onopordum Onopordum acanthium Onosmodium onrush onrushing ONS Onsager onscreen onset onshore onside onside kick onslaught onstage Onstead ont- Ont. Ontarian Ontario ontic onto onto- ontogenesis Ontogenetic Ontogenic ontogeny Ontologic ontological ontological argument Ontologically			ONRDET ONREP ONREUR ONRFE ONRG ONRGB ONRI ONRIFO ONRIS ONRL ONRM Onroad assistance operator Onroerend goed Onroerend Goed Informatie Technologie Onroerend Zaak Belasting ONRQ ONRR ONRRR ONRS ONRSA ONRT ONRun onrush onrush onrushes onrushes onrushing ONRW ONRY Ons Ons Ons Ons Ons Ons Ons Soort Mensen ONSA Onsager Onsager Onsager equation Onsager Equation of Electrical Conductivity Onsager reciprocal relations Onsager relations Onsager Theorem Onsager theory of dielectrics Onsager, Lars Onsager, Lars Onsala Space Observatory ONSC ONSCA onscreen ONSD ONSDS ONSE ONSEC onset onset

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