Word Finder - rushed

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To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

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rush one's dinner;   rush off an email response

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To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

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armies rush to battle;   waters rush down a precipice.

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To dribble rapidly.

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(contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

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To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

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Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.

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To make a swift or sudden attack.

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To swiftly attack without warning.

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To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.

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(college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.

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To transport or carry quickly.

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The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.

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To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.

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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

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Very busy.

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I was so rushed today, I didn't have time to eat lunch.

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Done in haste; done quickly.

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My rushed attempt at an essay received a predictably poor grade.

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Abounding or covered with rushes.

They rushed suddenly into the village.

The medic rushed forward.

Sarah and Connor rushed to the kitchen.

I rushed to the front desk in a panic with Howie on my heels like a following puppy!

Elisabeth rushed to the stairs.

Connor rushed him to get through the doorway before he could close it.

He rushed in and saved her....

Blood rushed to her head in a painful flush and one hand shot to her mouth.

He rushed to the driver's side and slid in.

Dean rushed to the Philadelphia hospital where three days later a third heart attack claimed the woman's life.

He left through the servant's door and rushed through the hold to the dungeon.

A store clerk rushed to help her.

The Frenchman turned pale and rushed to the door.

Then she rushed to the stall where Princess stood nickering.

Paulinus rushed back without waiting for his troops, but he could do nothing alone.

A tea kettle was already whistling when they entered, and the maid rushed across the kitchen to grab it.

A small woman in a brown robe rushed to remind him of the rules.

Once again blood rushed up into her face.

Laurencio rushed towards it, snatching it from his assistant and cradling it to check for sand.

He was in the act of issuing his orders when a psychological wave swept through the fighting-line, and the men rose and rushed the village at the point of the bayonet.

Suddenly, and without orders either from Grant or the officers at the front, the whole line of the Army of the Cumberland rose and rushed up the ridge.

It was no doubt because of this ignorance that I rushed in where more experienced angels fear to tread.

His heart contracted and the blood rushed to his face.

She rushed to Sonya, hugged her, and began to cry.

Blood rushed painfully up her neck.

Thus the assailants, carrying the advanced works by storm, rushed upon the main defences on the heels of the broken advanced guard, and a general engagement was brought on which lasted from 3.30 until nine o'clock in the evening.

On the 30th of July the Federal engineers exploded a mine under the hostile works, and Burnside's corps rushed to the assault.

According to a later and more definite story, his disappointment drove him mad; he rushed out of his tent and fell upon the flocks of sheep in the camp under the impression that they were the enemy; on coming to his senses, he slew himself with the sword which he had received as a present from Hector.

Not finding him there, the rioters rushed to his house, which they wrecked, and seizing the doomed minister,.

A young girl—not Melissa—rushed up to Billy and hugged him like a war bride.

For a reason that facts, circumstances, and common sense didn't dictate, Dean rose early, in a splendid mood, rushed through dawn's-light chores, and still had hours to kill.

But" – she rushed on – "I want to clarify that I'm not going to owe you anything and there's no weird contract with fine print that says you get to claim my firstborn child or anything."

Connor rushed straight to the blood fridge.

A set of stairs unfolded from the helicopter to the plateau, and Brady rushed her forward.

A local autopsy was rushed through in the wee hours of the night and the remains of the obese thug were airborne, in route to Pennsylvania as they spoke.

Once he was in New York and we were working on a play and he got appendicitis and was rushed to hospital.

Following the surgery Mr Y was rushed ICU he had a temporary colostomy for a number of months.

We waved goodbye then rushed into our vehicles to join the convoy, mobile phones at the ready in case of emergencies.

Followed by her Army the General now rushed 93 Full page line-art drawing.

The angry borzois whined and getting free of the leash rushed past the horses' feet at the wolf.

They rushed out of the apartment building to her beat up car.

Yussuf, in desperation, drew his dagger and rushed upon the sultan.

He sought refuge in a house in the Riddarhus Square, but the mob rushed after him, brutally maltreated him and tore his robes to pieces.

Andrusov, when the union of the Black Sea with the Mediterranean through the Bosporus took place, salt water rushed into it along the bottom of the Bosporus and killed the fauna of the less saline waters.

Surrey's archers and cannon soon gained the upper hand, and the Scots, unable quietly to endure their losses, rushed to close quarters.

The leading troops of the former easily rushed the Austrian outposts covering the wood, but the reserves of the Austrian outposts counterattacked.

The Turks remained in possession of the high ground, and that night reinforcements began to join them from the N.E., the troops as they came up being rushed into position in view of impending attack.

The next day, at the beginning of the sitting, the Socialists rushed on the platform, tore up and destroyed all the papers lying there, seized the president, and held him against the wall.

I rushed up to one of them who was barely alive.

Later he rushed a field gun single handed and knocked out three of the detachment.