What does onslaught mean?
Onslaught means A fierce attack..
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/ˈɒn.slɔːt/ · noun
A fierce attack..
They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.
The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.
Use onslaught when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Onslaught means A fierce attack..
Common synonyms include onrush, onset, attack, barrage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.
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