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Etymology

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From on- +‎ rushing.

Adjective

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onrushing (comparative more onrushing, superlative most onrushing)

  1. rushing or flowing forward
    • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      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.
  2. (figuratively) attacking

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Verb

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onrushing

  1. present participle and gerund of onrush

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