as in attack
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
the massive onslaught of enemy troops caught the country by surprise
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The run-up to California’s November 2024 election is a battle between, on the one hand, grassroots activists and businesses who are desperate to stop the onslaught of new taxes and, on the other hand, public-sector unions ...
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Edward Ring, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, two airports in western North Carolina ran out of fuel amid the onslaught of activity.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
This was a period when the boundary between public and private was being redrawn, not only with the onslaught of handheld cameras but also, more broadly, because of the dislocating forces of what historians call the Second Industrial Revolution.
—Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
The hospital, atop a hill just south of downtown Asheville, dodged flooding that submerged much of Buncombe County but is laboring to keep up with an onslaught of patients from several counties.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Edward Ring, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, two airports in western North Carolina ran out of fuel amid the onslaught of activity.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
This was a period when the boundary between public and private was being redrawn, not only with the onslaught of handheld cameras but also, more broadly, because of the dislocating forces of what historians call the Second Industrial Revolution.
—Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
The hospital, atop a hill just south of downtown Asheville, dodged flooding that submerged much of Buncombe County but is laboring to keep up with an onslaught of patients from several counties.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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