onrush
noun
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adjective
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Synonyms
advance, advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, passage, process, procession, progress, progression
Antonyms
recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression
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Bangladesh, with 160 million people and more than 130 rivers, is prone to monsoon floods because of overflowing rivers and the heavy onrush of water from upstream India. — Wasbir Hussain, BostonGlobe.com, "78 dead in Nepal as flooding wreaks havoc in South Asia," 16 July 2019 Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 160 million people with more than 130 rivers, is prone to monsoon floods because of overflowing rivers and the heavy onrush of water from upstream India. — Binaj Gurubacharya, SFChronicle.com, "Heavy rain leaves scores dead in Nepal, India, Bangladesh," 14 July 2019 Back then, the bricklayers could barely keep pace with an onrush of Irish, German and Italian immigrants. — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Collapse: The rise and deadly fall of a Baltimore rowhouse," 12 July 2018 By that point the valiant central pair — Laurel Dalley Smith and Ari Mayzick — have joined with the work’s three other couples in an onrush of turns, lifts and near-collisions that break through the stiffness of earlier sections. — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, "Review: For the Martha Graham Company, Opposites Attract," 12 Apr. 2018 Bangladesh, with 160 million people and more than 130 rivers, is prone to monsoon floods because of overflowing rivers and the heavy onrush of water from upstream India. — Wasbir Hussain, BostonGlobe.com, "78 dead in Nepal as flooding wreaks havoc in South Asia," 16 July 2019 Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 160 million people with more than 130 rivers, is prone to monsoon floods because of overflowing rivers and the heavy onrush of water from upstream India. — Binaj Gurubacharya, SFChronicle.com, "Heavy rain leaves scores dead in Nepal, India, Bangladesh," 14 July 2019 Back then, the bricklayers could barely keep pace with an onrush of Irish, German and Italian immigrants. — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Collapse: The rise and deadly fall of a Baltimore rowhouse," 12 July 2018 By that point the valiant central pair — Laurel Dalley Smith and Ari Mayzick — have joined with the work’s three other couples in an onrush of turns, lifts and near-collisions that break through the stiffness of earlier sections. — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, "Review: For the Martha Graham Company, Opposites Attract," 12 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'onrush.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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onrush
noun
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