assault, mighty attack; overwhelming quantity appearing all at once (as of people)
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Onslaught Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
(n.)
A bloody fray or battle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA bloody fray or battle.
onslaught
\on"slaught`\ (?), n. [oe. on on + slaught, slaht, slaughter. see slaughter.]
1. an attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. by storm and onslaught to proceed.
2. a bloody fray or battle. [scot.]
onslaught
n
1. a sudden and severe onset of trouble
2. an offensive against and enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onset, onrush]
3. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) [syn: barrage, outpouring]
A violent onset.
Noun
1. a sudden and severe onset of trouble
(hypernym) trouble
2. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
(synonym) attack, onset, onrush
(hypernym) operation, military operation
(hyponym) ground attack
(part-meronym) assault
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
(synonym) barrage, outpouring
(hypernym) language, linguistic communication
Onslaught Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Onslaught may refer to:
- Onslaught (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Onslaught (Magic: The Gathering), an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
- Onslaught (video game), a 1989 Amiga beat'em up computer game
- Onslaught (2009 video game), a 2009 Wii first-person shooter video game
- Onslaught (band), a British thrash metal band
- Onslaught (novel), a 2002 science fiction novel by David Sherman and Dan Cragg
- Onslaught (Transformers) is the leader of the Combaticons, a Decepticon team in the Transformers series
- A gametype in the first-person shooter computer game Unreal Tournament 2004
- A co-op mode in the video game
- Onslaught (Dove), a short film/advertisement made by Dove for their Campaign for Real Beauty
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