noun
- Military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons. ()
- usage: "the attack began at dawn"
- A forceful forward rush or flow.
- usage: "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"
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