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Definition of Onslaught
1. Noun. A sudden and severe onset of trouble.
2. Noun. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons). "The attack began at dawn"
Generic synonyms: Military Operation, Operation
Specialized synonyms: Ground Attack, Charge, Banzai Attack, Banzai Charge, Diversion, Diversionary Attack, Incursion, Penetration, Blitz, Blitzkrieg, Strike, Counterattack, Countermove, Bombardment, Bombing, Fire, Firing, Strafe, Coup De Main, Surprise Attack
Terms within: Assault
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Attack, Attack
3. Noun. The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). "A bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"
Generic synonyms: Language, Linguistic Communication
Derivative terms: Barrage, Bombard
Definition of Onslaught
1. n. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
Definition of Onslaught
1. Noun. A fierce attack. ¹
2. Noun. A large quantity of people or things resembling an attack. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Onslaught
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Medical Definition of Onslaught
1. 1. An attack; an onset; especially, a furious or murderous attack or assault. "By storm and onslaught to proceed." (Hudibras) 2. A bloody fray or battle. Origin: OE. On on + slaught, slaht, slaughter. See Slaughter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onslaught
Literary usage of Onslaught
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years of the History of the Republic in South Africa (1795-1845) by Johan Carel Voigt (1899)
"... Ride—Battle on the Bushman's River—Determined Zulu onslaught—Brave Defence
... by a fierce onslaught on the encampments of the Emigrants along the Mooi, ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1892)
"... onslaught ON THE DOCTRIN E OF NECESSITY. THE problem of necessity lurks at
the bottom of all problems, and according as we accept or reject the idea of ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"literary 'public' that a more formidable onslaught than the world has yet ...
A special onslaught is observed to be made against some outwork or other; ..."
4. The Party Battles of the Jackson Period by Claude Gernade Bowers (1922)
"Clay led the onslaught with a resolution calling upon Taney for a report on the
new depositories. "I want to inquire where the Treasury of the United States ..."
5. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"... than the first onslaught. In this way, of course, she lost the good opinion
of those «bo saw her in no other aspect, and made entrait! fur lite of many ..."
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