onslaught has definitions from the fields of military,linguistics
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[ noun ] (military) an offensive against and enemy (using weapons)

Synonyms

attack onrush onset

Examples

"the attack began at dawn"

2
[ 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

trouble

3
[ noun ] (linguistics) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

Synonyms

barrage outpouring

Related terms

language barrage

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