as in attack
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
the massive onslaught of enemy troops caught the country by surprise
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Recent Examples of onslaught
Indiana continued its onslaught in the third quarter with a 17-2 run in just under five minutes to grab a 6-point advantage.
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 14 May 2025
That doesn’t leave a whole lot of time to shrivel up over the onslaught of hate comments the 33-year-old actor has received over her role as Bronte in the final season of You, which dropped on Netflix on April 24.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 May 2025
The offensive onslaught started with seven runs through two innings, and the Bearcats put the game out of reach by adding seven runs in the fifth inning.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
The Cruel World onslaught on the Bay Area keeps right on rolling along, with so many acts playing the big ’80s music festival in Pasadena also performing dates up north.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 14 May 2025
That doesn’t leave a whole lot of time to shrivel up over the onslaught of hate comments the 33-year-old actor has received over her role as Bronte in the final season of You, which dropped on Netflix on April 24.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 May 2025
The offensive onslaught started with seven runs through two innings, and the Bearcats put the game out of reach by adding seven runs in the fifth inning.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
The Cruel World onslaught on the Bay Area keeps right on rolling along, with so many acts playing the big ’80s music festival in Pasadena also performing dates up north.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onslaught
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But after the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the movie was retooled with a new finale before being released in theaters on June 21, 2002.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Defense growth is solid, and [joint direct attack munition] is unique for WWD.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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When Pride Month began The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a year after the violent police raid at New York’s Stonewall Inn, a gay bar.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Earlier in the year, CBP agents conducted a three-day raid in rural parts of Kern County targeting day laborers and Latino farmworkers.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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The racing movie arrives in theaters this summer after a longer-than-expected production that got shut down for an entire year amid the Hollywood strikes.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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But the frequency and scale of these strikes increased again in January, after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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Zelenskyy said the setbacks for the Kremlin would help force it to the negotiating table, even as its pursues a summer offensive on the battlefield.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Even before the latest Ukrainian drone strikes, amid preparations for the peace talks in Istanbul, Russia was stepping up attacks on Ukraine in what seems to be the early stages of a new summer offensive.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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“Onslaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onslaught. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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