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onset

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Synonyms and Antonyms of onset

1 the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion

Synonyms of onset

aggression, assault, attack, attempt, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, coup de main, descent, offense (or offence), offensive, onslaught, raid, rush, strike

Words Related to onset

ambuscade, ambush

counteraggression, counterassault, counterattack, counteroffensive, counterstrike

envelopment, flanking

breakthrough, foray, incursion, invasion

pillage, ravage, sack

air raid, bombardment, bombing

barrage, cannonade, fusillade, hail, salvo, volley

Near Antonyms of onset

defense, defensive, guard, shield

opposition, resistance

protection, security, shelter

2 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

Synonyms of onset

alpha, baseline, beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, outset, start, threshold

Words Related to onset

drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one

creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination

cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring

dawning, opening

advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence

childhood, infancy, youth

Near Antonyms of onset

cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup

Antonyms of onset

close, conclusion, end, ending, omega

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