onslaught

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

atac

👊

assalt

escomesa

envestida

infracció laboral

ofensa

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

asalto

assaut

assalto

Angriff

👊

attaque

👊

ataque

👊

ataque

👊

assalto

σφαγή

attacco

👊

Angriffe

Ansturm

σφοδρή επίθεση

επιδρομή

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɒnslɔːt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: aanslag

Cognat amb alemany: 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.