onrushing

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on·rush

(ŏn′rŭsh′, ôn′-)

1. A forward rush or flow.

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

on′rush′ing adj.

onrushing

(ˈɒnˌrʌʃɪŋ)

adj

rushing or flowing forcefully forwards

Translations

impetuoso

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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For the short distance that the great cat can maintain it, it resembles nothing more closely than the onrushing of a giant locomotive under full speed, and so, though the distance that Jane Clayton must cover was relatively small, the terrific speed of the lion rendered her hopes of escape almost negligible.

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The officers in charge of it got it into working order, and in the pauses of onrushing mist swept with it the surface of the sea.

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And Giminez doubled the advantage shortly afterwards as he raced on to Steve Seddon's inch perfect pass to coolly lob the onrushing Radlinger.

DEBUT STRIKE IS GIMI FOR AL

MacPhee scored a fourth on 27 minutes, latching on to Jordan Milne's through ball before calmly slotting past the onrushing Kelly, with James Ross powering home a drive from the edge of the box three minutes later.

Mechanics hit overdrive FORRESMECHANICS 11 ELGIN CITY 2; Forres move into last eight as lights go out on Elgin at Mosset Park

Toklis equalized the margin at the quarter-hour mark heading home past the onrushing keeper Ashraful Islam Rana after collecting a long ball at the right side of the box.

Saif SC outplay Brothers, Mukti, NoFel make draw

GRENOBLE, FRANCENigeria inched towards qualifying for the knockout stages of the Women's World Cup for the first time in 20 years after beating South Korea 2-0 on Wednesday.A comical 29th-minute own goal from Kim Do-yeon, who somehow hooked a long ball back past onrushing goalkeeper Kim Min-jung, and Asisat Oshoala's neat finish 15 minutes from the end left the South Koreans pointless after their first two games in Group A and put Nigeria level on three with France and Norway ahead of their crunch clash in Nice later on Wednesday.

Nigeria hit South Korea, target World Cup knockouts

According to eyewitness account, a tricycle conveying four passengers from Abule-Egba to Iju had difficulty in crossing the railway level crossing at Iju, and got stuck in the rail track, leading to a collision between the onrushing train and the tricycle.

Train Rams Into Tricycle, Kills Four In Lagos

Batshuayi doubled the score eight minutes later, running on to a pass over the top of the home defence from Thorgan Hazard, knocking it past the onrushing goalkeeper Urko Pardo and sliding the ball into the empty net from a tight angle.

Hazard marks milestone to help Belgium win

Ghailani made it 2-0 as he got past an onrushing A'deen in the 36th minute and Hassani extended the lead when A'deen failed to collect properly a long-ranger with two minutes left for interval.