onslaught
noun/ˈɒn.slɔːt/UK/ˈɔnsloːt/
Etymology
From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag, although slaught corresponds to Middle Dutch slacht; slag is cognate with the English weaving term sley. Compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag.
- derived from aenslag
Definitions
A fierce attack.
A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
- They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.
- The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar.
The neighborhood
- neighborslew
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for onslaught. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA