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anslaight

anslaight is the archaic form of onslaught.

Meaning of onslaught

Noun

onslaught (plural onslaughts)

  1. A fierce attack.
    Synonyms:
    onrush
  2. (broadly) A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
    • They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.

Forms of anslaight

pluralanslaights

Origin of anslaight

From an- + slaight, probably from Middle English sleight, from Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to on- + slaught.

Questions about anslaight

What is anslaight the archaic form of?
Anslaight is the archaic form of onslaught.

Words near anslaight in the dictionary

  1. ANSI art
  2. ansible
  3. ansibles
  4. Ansichow
  5. ansiform
  6. anslaight
  7. anslaights
  8. Anslee
  9. Ansley
  10. Ansleys
  11. Anson

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anslaight (page history and authors); onslaught (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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