Synonyms of the word

onrush

• n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
• n. An aggressive assault.
• v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
• v. To assault aggressively.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

onset

• n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
• n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
• n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
• n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
• n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
• n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
• n. the start (of something).
• v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
• v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

onslaught

• n. A fierce attack.
• n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.

operation

• n. The method by which a device performs its function.
• n. The method or practice by which actions are done.
• n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• n. A planned undertaking.
• n. A business or organization.
• n. (medicine) A surgical procedure.
• n. (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the…
• n. (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
• n. (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

rush

• n. Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems…
• n. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
• n. The merest trifle; a straw.
• n. A sudden forward motion.
• n. A surge.
• n. General haste.
• n. A rapid, noisy flow.
• n. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
• n. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
• n. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
• n. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
• n. (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
• n. (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
• n. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
• v. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
• v. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt…
• v. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
• v. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
• v. (military) To swiftly attach to without warning.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing…
• v. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
• adj. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

spate

• n. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
• n. A sudden rush or increase.

surge

• n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
• n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
• n. (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
• n. (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
• n. (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
• n. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
• v. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
• v. To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.

upsurge

• n. a sudden strong rise or flow.
• v. (intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater.