onslaught
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈɑnˌslɔt/
:
embate
- Plant habitat and diversity are disappearing under an onslaught of development, agriculture, over-collecting, and trade.
- survive the onslaught
- withstand the onslaught
- total onslaught
So when we offer technology, it's an onslaught on their senses, basically.
- So when we offer technology, it's an onslaught on their senses, basically.
- The spring pollen onslaught dwindles by Midsummer, just in time for ragweed season.
- You know, I tell people like imagine that you're on a hilltop and you're you're defending against an onslaught of the Taliban, right?
- The people of Yuma are the most incredible Americans that I you know, that they are taking this onslaught and they're, they're handling it with total compassion.
- And you withstanding that onslaught alone can be very difficult.
- So we're just delaying the inevitable onslaught of pain that that, you know, we sow fear.
Examples
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Gentlemen, as I speak to you now, London once again shudders beneath a Nazi onslaught from the skies.
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This Spanish crew, bewildered by the sudden onslaught, also surrender.
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But Peter is buried in the onslaught before he can say another word.
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Alright, let's go in after these this onslaught of massive cars stops.
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So they anticipated our onslaught and then gave up ahead of time.
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Never, like never, because only in the last six months, look at the onslaught of litigation they face.
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But let's watch the beginning of the onslaught as it gets underway.
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Can nothing stop this tomato onslaught?
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No village or people could stand against its relentless onslaught.
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The city faced an overwhelming onslaught of tourists during the summer festival.
Synonyms
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1.4
A violent action that harms people or damages things
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6.9
Close fighting during the final part of a military attack
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3.5
A sudden start of disease or violence that affects many people
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7.4
A large attack by an army to gain control
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4.2
A sudden strong movement forward or upward, like a wave
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3.9
A sudden strong show of feeling like anger or laughter
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2.4
A very large number of things that arrive suddenly
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4.1
A large number of people or things arriving at a place
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4.2
A sudden large group of animals or people entering a place
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7.0
A long, heavy attack with bombs or large guns on a place
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5.1
A sudden large number of messages or requests that arrive at once
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6.8
A large fast stream of questions, messages or criticism sent to someone
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4.4
A short, intense effort to do something quickly, often by many people
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3.3
A sudden large amount of problems or messages that is hard to deal with
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6.8
A very large amount of something that arrives at once
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9.9
A very fast military attack using planes and tanks to win quickly
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7.4
An attack by soldiers on an enemy
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4.3
A sudden violent outburst of feeling or action
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6.3
A sudden strong forward movement like an attack by soldiers
A sudden forceful entry of people or things into a place
A sudden large wave of comments from many people that follows an event
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
onslaught = slaughter (semi-transparent) = on + slaught
The form is historically on + a variant 'slaught' (related to 'slaughter'); learners who know 'slaughter' and the preposition 'on' can often infer 'a violent attack' but the internal morpheme 'slaught' is not productive in modern English, so the relation is only partly transparent. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Onslaught comes from old parts on- and slaught, where slaught once meant 'to strike' or 'attack' and is like the start of slaughter. So an onslaught is an attack, which is why it means a fierce, violent, or overwhelming attack.