Rush+with+violence

  • 21drífan — drífan1 sv/t1 3rd pres drífeþ past dráf/drifon ptp (is) gedrifen 1. to drive, force living beings to move, (1) to force men or animals to move before or from one, (2) to cause to flee before one s pursuit, to chase, hunt, follow up, pursue; 2. to …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 22Tear — Tear, v. i. 1. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily. [1913 Webster] 2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23tear — I. v. a. 1. Rend, pull apart, separate by pulling. 2. Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, mangle, rend, wound. 3. Sever, sunder. 4. Break away, force away, rend away, snatch away. 5. Shatter, rend. II. v. n. 1. Rush …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 24Boom — (b[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i. e., the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Boomed — Boom Boom (b[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26Booming — Boom Boom (b[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Dash — Dash, v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. [1913 Webster] [He] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden. [1913 Webster] On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 29France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

    Universalium

  • 30Chinese immigration to the United States — consists of three major waves with the first beginning in the early 19th century. For nearly two centuries, the history of Chinese immigration to the United States has witnessed hardship as well as success.The Chinese have been arriving in large… …

    Wikipedia