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oncoming adjective
/ˈɒnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/
/ˈɑːn-/ adj [before noun] Definition
moving towards you or coming nearer
The car veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided with an oncoming truck.
There seemed to be no way of averting the oncoming crisis.
(Definition of oncoming adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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