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                    as in attack
                                                
              
          
                                                      the act or action of setting upon with force or violence                                       
              
                             the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in beginning
                                                
              
          
                                                      the point at which something begins                                       
              
                             the claim that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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