: an especially fierce attack
the tremendous onslaught across the Rhine—
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill
also
: something resembling such an attack
an onslaught of technological changes
Employers are expecting an onslaught of recent college graduates.
Examples of onslaught in a Sentence
an onslaught by the enemy
the massive onslaught of enemy troops caught the country by surprise
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Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
How can organizations handle this onslaught of events?
—Johanna Herrmann, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
The onslaught of The View's soul-sucking Hot Topics chats continues to sap Whoopi Goldberg's life force on live television.
—EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The community is deep in the process of rebuilding after the infected onslaught, but that’s not the same as moving on.
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“Onslaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onslaught. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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onslaught
noun
on·slaught
ˈän-ˌslȯt 
ˈȯn-
: a violent attack
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