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• The neighbourhoods of Crystal Palace Park have, one by one, fallen before the onslaught of the gentrifiers.2005 June 18, Tom Dyckhoff, “Let's move to ...”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry mochaccino
• When he jackhammered into her, she clutched the bedspread and braced herself for the onslaught.2003, Beverly Barton, chapter 16, in Grace under Fire, New York: Silhouette, pages 218–219. From the entry jackhammer
• "There's such an onslaught of people wanting information, people wanting this, that and the other," she says.2001 November 12, Andrea Sachs, “Out Of Africa”, in Time. From the entry this, that, and the other
• 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
• Onslaught on creatures, your reverences, is unskill, taking what is not given is unskill.1954, The Collection of the Middle Length Sayings. From the entry unskill
• Another senate talkathon shaped up today as southern solons fashioned a vocal onslaught against new anti-lynching legislation.1945 March 26, Ernest B. Vaccaro, “Another Senate Talkathon On Anti-Lynch Bill Looms”, in The Evening Independent. From the entry talkathon
• Another critic observes Gandhism dreads the 'onslaught of technology' because it creates unemployment.1945, Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala, Gandhism Reconsidered, page 28. From the entry Gandhism
• Jerome takes the pard of Jeremiah to mean the onslaught of Alexander upon India.1902, Richard Thayer Holbrook, Dante and the Animal Kingdom. From the entry pard
• Which is why Putin’s onslaught against Ukraine’s freely elected government feels like the geopolitical equivalent of an honor killing.2022 February 22, Thomas L. Friedman, “This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders.”, in The New York Times…. From the entry honor killing
• He must be expecting an onslaught, because Mr.2007 June 4, Melena Ryzik, “The Superfabulous World of Rufus Wainwright”, in New York Times. From the entry superfabulous
• Yep, we're headed for an onslaught of sappy babyfic.2001 May 20, Daska K., “Beware the onslaught....”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry babyfic
• Like all other attachments in human life, love too is vulnerable to the onslaught of time and mutility.1983, The Indian Journal of English Studies, volume XXII, page 21. From the entry mutility
• 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
• Sally's original goal was to teach all monsters, mainly zombies, how to survive "fleshie" onslaught. (Fleshies is a term use to describe humans.2017 January 25, Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter, Vampira and Her Daughters: Women Horror Movie Hosts from the 1950s into the Internet Era…. From the entry hufu
• England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France. From the entry under
• Severe winter cold helps reduce adelgid populations and slow their spread, so the recent trend toward relatively mild winters is actually facilitating the adelgid onslaught.2004, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Connecticut Wildlife, page 232. From the entry adelgid
• Adding to the onslaught in recent years are clever, premeditated e-mail 'edutorials' designed to snare innocent new moms and dads with modems.2001, Walter Roark, Keeping the Baby Alive Till Your Wife Gets Home, Clearing Skies Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 74. From the entry edutorial
• The bowmaster disappeared under the onslaught.1997, David Feintuch, The Still, Warner Books, →ISBN, page 346. From the entry bowmaster
• The onslaught of a mob of shrieking youngsters seeking a rolling ball between his highly polished shoes gave him no concern at all.1922 November, A.E. Dingle, “A Bride from the Sea: A Complete Novelette—The Strange Cruise of the Seafarer and Her Crew of a Sailor, a…. From the entry bovinely
• He tried to make a fight of it, but I followed him up, giving him no chance to set himself or recover from the surprise of my first onslaught.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV. From the entry sounding machine
• 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.

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How do you use onslaught in a sentence?

Onslaught is used as a noun. For example: “They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.”

What is a short sentence with onslaught?

“The bowmaster disappeared under the onslaught.”

What does onslaught mean?

Onslaught means a fierce attack.