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Plural of onslaught

regular plural

The plural of onslaught is onslaughts.

Forms of onslaught

Singularonslaught /ˈɒn.slɔːt/
Pluralonslaughts
Countablecountable

Onslaughts in a sentence

  • This, chiefly because of its interdisputes and then because of the barbarian onslaughts on their countries.1987, Salīm Wākīm, Iran, the Arabs, and the West: the story of twenty-five centuries. From the entry interdispute
  • Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive.1977 April 30, Hugh Crell, “Unproductive Onslaughts”, in Gay Community News, page 4. From the entry autogenocide
  • After their onslaughts on Gabrieli and Merullo for the unjoyfulness of their wedding music at Venice, no doubt the academicians felt bound to give Euridice a happy ending.1908, Ernest James Oldmeadow, Great Musicians - Page 121. From the entry unjoyfulness

Meaning of onslaught

  1. noun A fierce attack.
  2. noun A large number of people or things resembling an attack.

Full definition of onslaught

Questions about the plural of onslaught

What is the plural of onslaught?
The plural of onslaught is onslaughts.
Is onslaught countable?
Onslaught is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onslaught (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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