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Inrush

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A sudden rushing in; an influx.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A crowding or flooding in.

v. To rush in.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A rush inwards.

verb-intransitive. To rush in.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A rushing in; a sudden invasion or incursion; an irruption.

To rush in.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an inflow

Word Usage

"Wind satisfies these conditions in the highest degree (fire only becomes flame and moves rapidly when wind accompanies it): so that not water nor earth is the cause of earthquakes but wind-that is, the inrush of the external evaporation into the earth."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

inflow influx

Form

inrushing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

surge

Same Context

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