Meaning of ONSLAUGHT
| Pronunciation: | | 'ân`slot
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- [n] an offensive against and enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
- [n] the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- [n] a sudden and severe onset of trouble
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ONSLAUGHT is a 9 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | attack, barrage, onrush, onset, outpouring |
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| | See Also: | | assault, banzai attack, banzai charge, blitz, bombardment, bombing, charge, counterattack, countermove, coup de main, diversion, diversionary attack, fire, firing, ground attack, incursion, language, linguistic communication, military operation, operation, penetration, strike, surprise attack, trouble | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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. --Hudibras.
2. A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, appulse, armed assault, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, battering, berating, bitter words, blackening, blitz, blitzkrieg, breakthrough, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, butchery, cannon, carambole, carom, charge, clash, collision, concussion, contumely, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crack-up, crash, crippling attack, crump, crunch, dead set at, descent on, diatribe, disorderliness, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, encounter, execration, flank attack, forcible seizure, frontal attack, gas attack, hammering, hard words, head-on attack, impact, impingement, infiltration, invective, jawing, jeremiad, killing, laying waste, lightning attack, lightning war, looting, mass attack, massacre, mauling, meeting, megadeath, mugging, obstreperousness, offense, offensive, onset, overkill, panzer warfare, percussion, philippic, pillaging, push, ramming, rape, rating, revilement, riot, rioting, run against, run at, rush, sacking, sally, screed, shock, shock tactics, sideswipe, slaughter, sledgehammering, smash, smashing, smash-up, sortie, sowing with salt, strike, thrusting, tirade, tongue-lashing, unprovoked assault, unruliness, vilification, violation, vituperation, whomp |
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