rushed (adj.)
- advanced
 - crowded
 - double-quick
 - forward
 - half-baked
 - hard-pressed
 - hasty
 - hurried
 - ill-considered
 - impulsive
 - overhasty
 - precipitate
 - precocious
 - premature
 - pressed
 - previous
 - uncrystallized
 - unpremeditated
 - unprepared
 - unripe
 - untimely
 
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, but left the shield.