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onslaught
has definitions from the fields of military,linguistics
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[ noun ] (military) an offensive against and enemy (using weapons)
Examples "the attack began at dawn" |
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[ noun ] a sudden and severe onset of trouble
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Bumblebees can thus suffer severely from the onslaughts of Psithyrus , the `` cuckoo_bumblebee '' as it is called in some European_countries . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (linguistics) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
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