oncoming
adjective
, ˈän-\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for oncoming
Synonyms
approaching, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, nearing, pending, proximate, upcoming
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With stop-and-go traffic — more vehicles turning at intersections and oncoming emergency vehicles — the number drops below 500 vehicles an hour. — AZCentral.com, "Of small communities across 11 states, more than 500 have a higher wildfire hazard potential than Paradise, Calif.," 23 July 2019 Witnesses told Birmingham police that Capan was walking in the roadway and stepped in front of an oncoming car. — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al.com, "3 killed in separate Jefferson County crashes over the holiday weekend," 8 July 2019 Angle of attack is the angle between the wing and the oncoming air flow. — Anchorage Daily News, "The inside story of MCAS: How Boeing’s 737 MAX system gained power and lost safeguards," 13 Mar. 2019 As a result of that near-collision, Hampton lost control of his vehicle and drove into the path of an oncoming pickup truck driven by a 22-year-old Waukesha man, who police did not identify and who was cooperating in the investigation. — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "An 18-year-old teenager was killed in a car crash in Muskego one week before his high school graduation," 10 June 2019 Most of the changes apply to the oncoming generation of nuclear technology that can be miniaturized and is potentially more susceptible to being militarized for power generation at far-flung outposts and for propulsion on watercraft. — Timothy Puko, WSJ, "U.S. Strengthens Controls on Nuclear Technology Exports to China," 11 Oct. 2018 Consider such a system of anti-tank munitions emplaced in the path of an oncoming enemy tank force. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Army Is Trying to Design a Civilian-Safe Land Mine," 14 Nov. 2018 The company says its computer vision system can scrutinize a pedestrian to determine not only their awareness of an oncoming car, but their intent—that is, using body language to predict behavior. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "Why Did the Human Cross the Road? To Confuse the Self-Driving Car," 10 July 2018 Dennis Pfister and his wife were driving southbound on Wilton Road when their 2000 Toyota Avalon swerved into the path of an oncoming big rig carrying a load of dead animals, according to the California Highway Patrol. — Molly Sullivan, sacbee, "Two killed in collision with big rig identified as elderly Wilton couple," 18 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oncoming.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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