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Onslaught

//ˈɒn.slɔːt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fierce attack.
  2. 2
    (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) wordnet
  3. 3
    A large number of people or things resembling an attack. broadly

    "They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers."

  4. 4
    the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) wordnet
  5. 5
    a sudden and severe onset of trouble wordnet

Etymology

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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