onslaught
an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
Origin of onslaught
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How to use onslaught in a sentence
Forced to get creative, the agency came up with a way to get consumers thinking about travel while steering clear of the new onslaught of restrictions and regulations that surround it.
Ally Financial, M&C Saatchi Group and Comedy Central are Digiday Awards winners | Melissa Hayes | January 28, 2021 | DigidayOne police officer later died of injuries sustained during the onslaught.
How the rioters who stormed the Capitol came dangerously close to Pence | Ashley Parker, Carol D. Leonnig, Paul Kane, Emma Brown | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostScientists have been generally optimistic that these variants will be unable to escape the onslaught of the human immune system.
Post-infection coronavirus immunity usually robust after 8 months, study shows | Joel Achenbach | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostThat was aimed at preparing medical facilities for the onslaught of coronavirus patients that would overwhelm the country’s health care system.
Apple is facing an onslaught of lawsuits and scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators around the world for the way it allegedly uses its power to maintain its dominant position over its App Store.
The ‘app store’ before there was an App Store wants to liberate your iPhone … again | Reed Albergotti | December 10, 2020 | Washington Post
The follow-up story is how those who survived both the competitive onslaught, as well as the recession, have adapted.
Nearby, Loescher added, parking lots are a great place to see the onslaught.
Vieira realizes this mission makes him the butt of an endless onslaught of skepticism and criticism.
And the onslaught of the elements has helped raise tensions to the point where a new explosion is expected any day.
Now Tehran is making mass arrests to try to stop the onslaught.
This is probably our last onslaught before the new troops and new supplies of shell come to hand in about a month from now.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonSure enough there was another onslaught made against our northernmost post.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAnd, without more ado, he caught up a chair and held it before him in readiness to receive the other's onslaught.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniAt last the bull prepared to charge; Pizarro packed away his trunk between his tusks, and quietly waited the onslaught.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetEre Nita could cry for help, she was borne down by her enemy's fierce onslaught, her white throat gripped in a clutch of death.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
British Dictionary definitions for onslaught
/ (ˈɒnˌslɔːt) /
a violent attack
Origin of onslaught
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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