attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
(noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); “the attack began at dawn”
onrush
(noun) a forceful forward rush or flow; “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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
onrush (plural onrushes)
A forceful rush or flow forward.
An aggressive assault.
• onslaught
onrush (third-person singular simple present onrushes, present participle onrushing, simple past and past participle onrushed)
To rush or flow forward forcefully.
To assault aggressively.
• Hurons
Source: Wiktionary
On"rush`, n.
Definition: A rushing onward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
