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plural of onset
Synonyms & Antonyms of onsets
1
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
- the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion
Synonyms for onsets
- aggressions,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- attempts,
- blitzes,
- blitzkriegs,
- charges,
- coups de main,
- descents,
- offenses
- (or offences),
- offensives,
- onslaughts,
- raids,
- rushes,
- strikes
Words Related to onsets
- counteraggressions
- (or counter-aggressions),
- counterassaults
- (also counter-assaults),
- counterattacks
- (or counter-attacks),
- counteroffensives,
- counterstrikes
- (or counter-strikes)
- barrages,
- cannonades,
- fusillades,
- hails,
- salvos
- (or salvoes),
- volleys
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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 for onsets
- alphas,
- baselines,
- beginnings,
- births,
- commencements,
- dawns,
- day ones,
- geneses,
- get-goes
- (also git-goes),
- inceptions,
- incipiences,
- incipiencies,
- kickoffs,
- launches,
- mornings,
- nascences,
- nascencies,
- outsets,
- starts,
- thresholds
Words Related to onsets
- cradles,
- fountainheads,
- fountains,
- germs,
- origins,
- roots,
- seedbeds,
- sources,
- springs,
- wells,
- wellsprings
- advents,
- appearances,
- arrivals,
- debuts
- (also débuts),
- emergences
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“Onsets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onsets. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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