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onrushing en · ADJ

Etymology

From on- + rushing.

Meanings

  1. rushing or flowing forward
    • The Spaniard was forced off his line to clear from the onrushing John Sutton before a full-stretch save to keep an Arvydas Novikovas effort from finding the top corner from 25 yards. 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
  2. (figuratively) attacking

Forms

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most onrushing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more onrushing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

streaming · fluent (flowing forward)

onrushing en · VERB

Etymology

From on- + rushing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of onrush
    form of onrush