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onslaught

[on-slawt, awn-]

noun

  1. an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.



onslaught

/ ˈɒnˌslɔːt /

noun

  1. a violent attack

“Collins 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of onslaught1

1615–25; < Dutch aanslag a striking, (earlier) attack (equivalent to aan on + slag blow, stroke; akin to slay ), with assimilation to obsolete slaught slaughter
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Word History and Origins

Origin of onslaught1

C17: from Middle Dutch aenslag, from aan on + slag a blow, related to slay
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Example Sentences

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But the onslaught of news landed “like a ton of bricks” in the frustrated community.

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It’s an onslaught of extravagant Rococo, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, modern and contemporary porcelain showpieces, gilded and in dazzling blues, turquoises, ochers and pinks—made for sovereigns, dignitaries, diplomats, heads of state and the wealthy elite.

One is immigration, which in Japan refers as much to an onslaught of foreign tourists—read: Chinese—as to economic migrants or asylum seekers.

But 10 minutes into the onslaught that fateful Saturday morning on Oct.

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These firms "will be protected from the onslaught of outside interruptions", he wrote.

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