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onslaught
noun
1 onslaught
A sudden and severe onset of trouble.
2 onslaught
military An offensive against an enemy (using weapons).
synonyms: attack, onrush, onset.
Roget 716:
attack;
assault,
assault and battery;
onset,
onslaught,
charge.
aggression,
offense;
incursion,
inroad,
invasion;
irruption;
outbreak;
estrapade†,
ruade†;
coupe de main,
sally,
sortie,
camisade†,
raid,
foray;
run at,
run against;
dead set at.
storm,
storming;
boarding,
escalade†;
siege,
investment,
obsession†,
bombardment,
cannonade.
fire,
volley;
platoon fire,
file fire;
fusillade;
sharpshooting,
broadside;
raking fire,
cross fire;
volley of grapeshot,
whiff of the grape,
feu d'enfer [Fr.].
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
pass,
passado†,
carte and tierce [Fr.],
home thrust;
coupe de bec [Fr.];
kick,
punch
etc.
(impulse)
276.
battue†,
razzia†,
Jacquerie,
dragonnade†;
devastation
etc.
162;
eboulement [Fr.].
assailant,
aggressor,
invader.
base of operations,
point of attack;
echelon.
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Dutch: aanval
Polish: zaatakowanie, natarcie, najechanie, uderzenie, naparcie
3 onslaught
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