Onslaught
['ɒnslɔːt] or ['ɑnslɔt]
Definition
(n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
(n.) A bloody fray or battle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Attack, assault, charge, storm, storming, first brunt.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ATTACK]
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Definition
n. an attack or onset: assault.
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Examples
- You would think that the prelude to a bloody onslaught. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So sudden was our onslaught that they had no time to prepare for it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But, God help me, I am old, and these foul onslaughts distract an aged man's brain. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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