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noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
noun a forceful forward rush or flow
originFrom on- + rush. Compare Middle English onresen (“to rush upon; attack”), from Old English onrǣsan (“to rush, rush on”); Old English onrǣs (“an onrush, assault, attack”).
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