Synonyms

attack onslaught onset

Examples

"the attack began at dawn"

Used in print

But it is an answer which opens the door wide to an onrush of objections and denials .

Related terms

operation strike fire charge bombing penetration counterattack diversion blitz banzai_attack surprise_attack ground_attack strafe assault military

Examples

"from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed" "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts"

Used in print

The riotous onrush of industrialism after the War_for_Southern_Independence and the general secular drift to the Religion_of_Humanity , however , prepared the way for a reception of the French_Revolution 's socialistic offspring of one sort of another .

Related terms

rush