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inrush
/ ˈɪˌʌʃ /
noun
a sudden usually overwhelming inward flow or rush; influx
Other Word Forms
- inrushing noun
- ˈˌܲԲ noun
Example Sentences
He called on authorities to look into whether opportunities to improve safety at the mine prior to the inrush had been missed.
Mr Duckenfield pointed to a monitor in the control box and told Mr Kelly that a "gate had been forced, and there'd been an inrush of spectators."
When a humpback lunges at a shoal of fish, the whale’s baleen, a large comb-like filter in its mouth, sieves the food from the inrush of water.
Kirton replied: “Mr Duckenfield said to Mr Kelly that a gate had been forced … he said there had been an inrush of supporters.”
I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people.
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