Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - onslaught
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Onslaught
onslaught
(onslaughts) 1. An onslaught on someone or something is a very violent, forceful attack against them. The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them by launching a major assault on an army camp. = assault N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N on/against n, N by n 2. If you refer to an onslaught of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it, often so that it is very difficult to deal with. ...the constant onslaught of ads on American TV. = barrage N-COUNT: usu N of n
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1.
noun Etymology: modification of Dutch aanslag act of striking; akin to Old English an on and to Old English slean to strike — more at slay Date: circa 1625 an especially fierce attack; also something resembling such an attack an ~ of technological changes ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a fierce attack. Etymology: earlier anslaight f. MDu. aenslag f. aen on + slag blow, with assim. to obs. slaught slaughter ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. стремительная атака, натиск, нападение; удар to make an onslaught —- яростно напасть, совершить нападение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ n a very strong attack against someone or something (He was confident his armies could withstand the Allied onslaught.) + on (an onslaught on their whole culture and way of life) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1625, from Du. aanslag "attack," from M.Du. aenslach, from aen "on" + slach "blow," related to slaen "slay." Spelling infl. by obs. Eng. slaught (n.) "slaughter," from O.E. sleaht (see slaughter). No record of its use in 18c.; apparently revived by Scott. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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