(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);
"the attack began at dawn" Synonym(s):attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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