Usually means: Swiftly advancing or approaching forcefully.
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  1. onrushing: Merriam-Webster
  2. onrushing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. onrushing: Wordnik
  4. onrushing: Wiktionary
  5. onrushing: Dictionary.com
  6. onrushing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  rushing or flowing forward
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) attacking

Similar:
onslaught, onset, attack, rushing, onflowing, headlong, uprushing, fast-flowing, furious, fast-moving, more...

Opposite:
retreating, receding, withdrawing

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Similar:
onslaught, onset, attack, rushing, onflowing, headlong, uprushing, fast-flowing, furious, fast-moving, more...

Opposite:
retreating, receding, withdrawing



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