onslaughts

noun

plural of onslaught
as in attacks
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence the massive onslaught of enemy troops caught the country by surprise

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Recent Examples of onslaughts In fact, reported evidence suggests this software commitment (from a company making its revenue from hardware) has been crucial to Nvidia’s success in fending off onslaughts from other hardware vendors such as Intel. — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Ukraine has been largely helpless in similar Russian onslaughts in recent weeks. — Tom Bowman, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 Russia appeared to be flexing its military muscle in a show of force with its latest aerial onslaughts on Ukraine. — ABC News, 13 May 2026 Wardley, 31, had never lost in 21 bouts before Saturday, and somehow withstood numerous onslaughts from Dubois (23-3) without ever touching the canvas in a remarkable display of courage. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 9 May 2026 When will these onslaughts of cold end? — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for onslaughts
  1. attacks
  2. assaults
  3. offensives
  4. raids
  5. aggressions
  6. offenses
Noun
  • On three separate occasions in the past week, Ukraine didn’t receive early warnings about missile attacks.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The wide availability of low-cost, powerful open models is one reason Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that open models in particular pose a risk of widespread and potentially devastating cyber attacks.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacks
Noun
  • Assaults are up, almost 2,500 assaults this year alone on police officers, felony assaults, and public servants in New York City.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas City also ranked 176th in the assaults per capita metric, the fourth-lowest city in the metric.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of assaults
Noun
  • Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Only small offensives are possible Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of offensives
Noun
  • Five dolphins died in less than eight months, sparking public outrage, raids by law enforcement and a criminal investigation.
    — Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Faheem Akram, 33, was arrested after a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, a senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, Atif Ameer, told reporters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of raids
Noun
  • As quotas for immigration arrests increased that spring, he was asked to press felony charges for even minor aggressions against agents.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The United States deploys about 28,500 troops in South Korea as deterrence against potential aggressions from North Korea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of aggressions
Noun
  • Having a consistent place to live is one of the most critical factors in breaking this cycle, reducing repeat offenses, and improving public safety – not to mention saving our communities money.
    — Lake County News-Sun, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • What makes their offenses tick doesn’t always show up in the box score.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of offenses

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“Onslaughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onslaughts. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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