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present tense third-person singular of rush
Synonyms & Antonyms of rushes
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster
- I wouldn't make so many mistakes if you'd stop rushing me
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2
to flow out in great quantities or with force
- in the spring the stream's rushing waters make crossing treacherous
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3
to proceed or move quickly
- rushing is a good way to slip and fall
Synonyms for rushes
- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bolts,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bundles,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- careers,
- chases,
- courses,
- cracks (on),
- dashes,
- drives,
- flies,
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- highballs,
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- jumps,
- motors,
- nips,
- pelts,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- runs,
- rustles,
- scoots,
- scurries,
- scuttles,
- shoots,
- speeds,
- steps,
- tears,
- travels,
- trots,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
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4
to take sudden, violent action against
- one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down
Synonyms for rushes
- assails,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- bushwhacks,
- charges,
- descends (on or upon),
- goes in (on),
- jumps (on),
- pounces (on or upon),
- raids,
- sets on,
- sics
- (also sicks),
- storms,
- strikes,
- trashes,
- turns (on)
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- ambuscades,
- ambushes,
- surprises
- (also surprizes),
- waylays
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rushes
noun
plural of rush
Synonyms & Antonyms of rushes (Entry 2 of 2)
1
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
- the regiment recaptured the hill with a single rush
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- aggressions,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- attempts,
- blitzes,
- blitzkriegs,
- charges,
- coups de main,
- descents,
- offenses
- (or offences),
- offensives,
- onsets,
- onslaughts,
- raids,
- strikes
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- counteraggressions
- (or counter-aggressions),
- counterassaults
- (also counter-assaults),
- counterattacks
- (or counter-attacks),
- counteroffensives,
- counterstrikes
- (or counter-strikes)
- barrages,
- cannonades,
- fusillades,
- hails,
- salvos
- (or salvoes),
- volleys
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2
a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings
- riding my motorcycle over these winding roads is always an adrenaline-pumping rush
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