onslaught
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɒnslɔːt/
onslaught (plural onslaughts)
- A fierce attack.
- Synonyms: onrush
- (by extension) A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
- They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.
- French: assaut, offensive
- German: Angriff, Ansturm
- Italian: assalto
- Portuguese: assalto, investida
- Russian: на́тиск
- Spanish: embestida, ataque, arremetida, acometida
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