2. Adjective. (figuratively) attacking ¹
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Definition of Onrushing
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onrushing
Literary usage of Onrushing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"The original personification of Enlil as the mighty, onrushing storm whose voice
... Beyond the seer, beyond the diviner, An onrushing storm which none can ..."
2. The Philosophy of Art: The Meaning and Relations of Sculpture, Painting by Edward Howard Griggs (1913)
"It is the one just before the onrushing troops sweep by the Emperor. Thus the
action would reach its climax a little later, and the imagination is led on to ..."
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