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- Dictionaryon·slaught/ˈänˌslôt/
noun
- 1. a fierce or destructive attack: "a series of onslaughts on the citadel"
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The meaning of ONSLAUGHT is an especially fierce attack; also : something resembling such an attack. How to use onslaught in a sentence.
a violent and forceful attack: fig. With the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists. (Definition of onslaught from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
An onslaught on someone or something is a very violent, forceful attack against them. The attackers launched another vicious onslaught on their victim. The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them by launching a major assault.
Onslaught is a military term that refers to an attack against an enemy. It's safe to say that no one wants to be caught on the receiving end of an onslaught, because there will be lots of danger, destruction and probably death.
noun. The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, attempt, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, strike. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
A large quantity of people or things resembling an attack. They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers. Wiktionary. Synonyms: bombardment. outpouring. barrage. onrush. onset. attack. offensive. storm. blitz. invasion. assault. strike. offense. attempt. assailment. Antonyms:
1. An onslaught on someone or something is a very violent, forceful attack against them. [...] 2. If you refer to an onslaught of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it, often so that it is very difficult to deal with. [...] More. Synonyms of 'onslaught' • attack, charge, campaign, strike [...] • surge, flood, flow, upsurge [...]
Definition of onslaught noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
onslaught. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English on‧slaught /ˈɒnslɔːt $ ˈɑːnslɒːt, ˈɒːn-/ noun [countable] 1 a large violent attack by an army onslaught on/against In December they launched a full-scale onslaught on the capital. 2 strong criticism of someone onslaught on/against his public onslaught on the Conservatives ...
Onslaught definition: an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.. See examples of ONSLAUGHT used in a sentence.
