onslaught

[US]/ˈɒnslɔːt/
[UK]/ˈɑːnslɔːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a fierce attack or assault

Phrases & Collocations

fierce onslaught

unexpected onslaught

brutal onslaught

Example Sentences

a series of onslaughts on the citadel.

an onslaught of third-class mail.

Our army tried to withstand the enemy onslaught.

The clash of our onslaught hurtled across the field.

The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.

the lending library market began to subside under the onslaught of cheap paperbacks.

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