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Onslaught

noun

A sudden and severe onset of trouble.

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons). Synonyms: attack, onrush, onset.

The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, outpouring. "A bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

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... have been expected in a man of his proportions, sprang on one side. Almost at the same moment a crack was heard from Umgolo's rifle, and the rhinoceros sank to the ground, uttering a loud scream indicative of pain and also of anger at finding itself foiled in its onslaught. ...

— Hendricks the Hunter - The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand • W.H.G. Kingston

... I was subjected to the usual onslaught from the strong-minded. A small but formidable committee entered my office one morning and demanded a categorical declaration of my principles. What my views on the subject were, I knew very well; they were clear and decided; and yet, I hesitated to declare them! It wasn't a temptation ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 • Various

... shock just then, especially as the imperfect view of the object that had been afforded him by the flickering light of the flames left him quite uncertain as to its identity—but at once went to work again with his tomahawk in a vigorous onslaught upon the bushes, managing, in another ten minutes or so, to make such a clearance of them as would enable his companion to pass out ...

— Dick Leslie's Luck - A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... in proof of this proposition that illicit intercourse between the races is carried on mainly with the Mulatto women. Can this not be explained on grounds other than native depravity? The light-colored Negro woman is made the victim of the lustful onslaught of the male element of both races. She is placed between the upper and nether stress of the vicious propensities of white and black men. And if her sins are greater, is it not because her temptations are greater ...

— A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro - The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 • Kelly Miller

... nothing came of this terrific onslaught, the lion did not reappear. It sneaked away, no doubt, into some coral cave. But the force of the push sent the bottle a few yards out to sea, and so it doubled the promontory and continued ...

— Shifting Winds - A Tough Yarn • R.M. Ballantyne

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