onslaught
A fierce attackA fierce attack.
» The defenders checked the onslaught by the attackers.
Meaning
2 sensesA fierce attack.
Angriff, Ansturm, Strum
на́тискnátisk
на́тискnátysk
(broadly)A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.
наплы́вnaplýv, на́тискnátisk
- a sudden and severe onset of trouble
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
Examples
4 sentencesThe defenders checked the onslaught by the attackers.
Spain is reeling under the onslaught of the coronavirus.
Ziri was fighting a losing battle against an onslaught of snow.
My email feed is a non stop onslaught of programming and language learning content.
Translations
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Origin
From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag,From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag, although slaught corresponds to Middle Dutch slacht; slag is cognate with the English weaving term sley. Compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag.
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Forms
plural: onslaughtsSynonyms
6 synonyms- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons):attackonsetonrush
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written):barragebombardmentoutpouring