oncoming
noun 1adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
Approach, onset
Some man that wayfaring was stood by housedoor at night's oncoming.
When she saw the oncoming of the armed men, with the King shining at their head, Little-Foot was again thrown into terror and begged her brother to escape while there was yet time […]
adj
1
approaching; coming closer
Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body.
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