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单词 onrushes
释义

onrush

noun

on·​rush ˈȯn-ˌrəsh How to pronounce onrush (audio)
ˈän-
1
: a rushing forward or onward
2
: onset
onrushing
ˈȯn-ˌrə-shiŋ How to pronounce onrush (audio)
ˈän-
adjective

Synonyms

  • advance
  • advancement
  • furtherance
  • going
  • headway
  • march
  • passage
  • process
  • procession
  • progress
  • progression
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Example Sentences

a sudden onrush of development in an area that was rural until very recently
Recent Examples on the Web The grand proportions of each story are there, but the most scintillating details are sometimes abandoned to the constant onrush of more details, more stories. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 Along with the media onrush and charitable response came another, far more malevolent form of attention. Elizabeth Williamson, The Atlantic, 2 June 2022 Not nearly enough venue doors were open, and attendees mistakenly believed the band was starting early when, according to the Who’s manager, the arena speakers blasted the film trailer for Quadrophenia, leading to a brutal onrush of fans. Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2022 Was, in this vision, Maoism experiencing an onrush of popularity, and so experts, ones like Adam, were being tapped to give high-profile public lectures on the nuts and bolts of this important yet undercovered political theory? Matt B. Weir, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 For the past half-century, the NRA has eagerly cultivated a pseudopopulist image of an armed and angry battery of righteous culture warriors of the right, beating back the faithless onrush of big government liberalism one armed citizen at a time. Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 9 Nov. 2021 Clearly, humanity must learn to befriend AI, and be prepare for the onrush of technological advancements. Calvin Mackie, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021 There is no proof that this drastic course of treatment is right for any, let alone all, of the onrush of children claiming to be transgender. Nathanael Blake, National Review, 10 June 2021 Obviously, much of that mighty onrush would flow unstoppably downstream, there to pass under the arches of the area’s many bridges. Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

onrush

noun

on·​rush ˈȯn-ˌrəsh How to pronounce onrush (audio)
ˈän-
: a strong fast movement forward We got caught in the onrush of shoppers.

onrushes

noun

plural of onrush
as in processes
forward movement in time or place a sudden onrush of development in an area that was rural until very recently

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • processes
  • advances
  • progresses
  • processions
  • progressions
  • advancements
  • goings
  • furtherances
  • marches
  • flows
  • passages
  • headways
  • streams
  • fluxes
  • approaches
  • steps
  • arrivals
  • leaps
  • comings
  • currents
  • drifts
  • ways
  • jumps
  • advents
  • bounds
  • strides
  • impetuses
  • momentums
  • momenta

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • retrogressions
  • regressions
  • retreats
  • recessions
  • refluxes
  • recesses
  • backwashes
  • returns
  • regresses
  • ebbs
  • reverses
  • reversals
  • turnabouts
  • retractions
  • turnarounds
  • about-faces
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