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inrush

[ in-ruhsh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

inrush

/ ˈɪnˌrʌʃ /

Origin of inrush¹

First recorded in 1810–20; in- ¹ + rush ¹

Twas cold, and the lamp was flaring: I closed the door against this inrush of weather.

A turn of the valve resulted in a sudden short inrush of water.

Elizabeth asked her lover in the first inrush of this new tide of experience which was soon to bear her far from the old life.

The points of inrush, the tideways of these Pandour Deluges seem to be mainly three.

It is a question which of the two gained the greatest inrush of sunshine by those openings.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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