onrushing
Coming fast forward
Onrushing describes something moving forward rapidly and powerfully, often with unstoppable momentum: the onrushing tide, onrushing traffic.
The word suggests something bearing down with force, whether literal or figurative: the onrushing deadline, the onrushing pace of technological change.
It conveys both speed and inevitability.
Moving in forward direction
- incomingMoving toward arrival
- nearingGetting progressively closer
- encroachingGradually intruding on territory
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
impending · imminent · forthcoming · inevitable · inescapable · unavoidable · descending · converging
Sudden powerful increase
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
tsunami · wave · tide · cascade · onslaught · stampede · juggernaut · barrage
advancing
Moving in forward direction
- incomingMoving toward arrival
- nearingGetting progressively closer
- encroachingGradually intruding on territory
looming · impending · imminent · forthcoming · inevitable · inescapable · unavoidable · descending · converging · oncoming
surge
Sudden powerful increase
avalanche · tsunami · wave · tide · cascade · onslaught · stampede · juggernaut · barrage · inundation
rapid
Moving with haste
charging · racing · speeding · accelerating · careening · streaking · blazing · breakneck · headlong · meteoric
powerful
Having great strength
violent · fierce · intense · ferocious · furious · raging · roaring · thunderous · crashing · pounding
onrushingretreating
Moving back from advance
receding · withdrawing · departing · ebbing · falling back
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