inrushing

Flooding rapidly inside

Inrushing describes something that is rushing inward or flowing rapidly into a space.

It most often appears as an adjective modifying natural phenomena like water, air, or crowds: the inrushing tide, inrushing cold air from the open door.

As a noun, an inrushing is the act or instance of rushing in: The inrushing of fans overwhelmed the security guards.

water

torrent

Violent rushing flow

surge · gush · cascade · influx · inflow · spate · stream · current · swell · tidal

emotion

overwhelm

Defeat by excess

  • floodOverwhelming water overflow
  • surgeSudden powerful increase
  • waveOscillating motion through medium

swell · wash · overcome · engulf · sweep · cascade · tide · deluge · torrent · well

crowd

throng

Dense pressing crowd

  • mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
  • hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
  • swarmMass of moving insects

stampede · flood · surge · press · crush · masses · multitude · onrush · charge · storm

air

gust

Brief wind surge

  • blastSudden forceful burst
  • draftPreliminary version of text
  • whooshRushing air sound

intake · breath · wind · gasp · ventilation · inhalation · airflow · pressure · vacuum · suction

invasion

assault

Violent offensive act

  • breachBreaking of agreement
  • stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
  • raidSudden armed incursion

overrun · penetrate · infiltrate · encroach · intrude · overwhelm · onslaught · advance · charge · offensive

Opposites
direction of movement

inrushingoutrushing

Flowing rapidly outward

outpouring · outflowing · outbound · outward · ebbing

speed/intensity of flow

inrushingtrickling

Flowing in thin stream

seeping · oozing · dribbling · creeping · stagnant

Family

rush, rushing, incoming, intrusion, infusion, indraft, incursion, ingress, infiltration

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