onslaught

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A fierce attack.
2. (broadly) A large number of people or things resembling an attack.

Sinonieme

attack

👊

assault

onset

onrush

charge

storm

invasion

rush

outpouring

aggression

barrage

dash

💨

torrent

bombardment

multiplicity

offence

offense

overflow

plenty

press

push back

rash

rise

rollback

sally

shot

siege

spate

strafe

strength

strike

surge

swoop

teemingness

tidal wave

uprising

waterspout

dancing ahead

alluvion

violence

application

attempt

avalanche

blizzard

brunt

flood

force

freshet

ground swell

gush

Vertalings

assaut

asalto

assalto

attaque

👊

Angriff

👊

ataque

👊

assalto

ataque

👊

Angriffe

Ansturm

atac

👊

σφαγή

attacco

👊

große Fortschritte

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɒnslɔːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Nederlands: aanslag

Verwante met Duits: Anschlag

In summary

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.