onrush
/ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An aggressive assault.
verb
To rush or flow forward forcefully.
verb
To assault aggressively.
Example Sentences
- "The love within us and the love without Are mixed, confounded; if we are loved or love, We scarce distinguish. So, with other power. Being acted on and acting seem the same: In that first onrush of life’s chariot-wheels, We know not if the forests move or we."
- "For a brief moment the onrush of the egwugwu [masked men representing ancestral spirits] was checked by the unexpected composure of the two men. But it was only a momentary check, like the tense silence between blasts of thunder. The second onrush was greater than the first. It swallowed up the two men."
- "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 […]"
- "He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: on
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɒnˌɹʌʃ/