Delay and Rushes

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Delay noun - An instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business.

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Rushes is an antonym for delay.

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Definitions of Delay not found.

Delay is an antonym for rushes in hurry topic.

Because Destiny Says So: Agamemnon sacrificed Iphigenia because of this, and Cassandra rushes to her death at the hands of Clytemnestra since it's useless to delay it.

Source: Theatre / Agamemnon
Marito rushes a Martian Kataphrakt with a knife in an attempt to delay it while Kaizuka escapes with a surviving conspirator.

Source: Anime / Aldnoah.Zero
To that end, he buys a $9000 ticket to Japan and anxiously waits on line to get through security measures, only to be devastated when he thinks her flight has already left, then elated when she rushes into his arms, thanks to a delay.

Source: Race for Your Love

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