Dictionary

onslaught en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɔnslɔt/ (Scotland)
• /ˈɑn.slɑt/ (cot-caught-merger)
• (US) audio cot-caught
• /ˈɑn.slɔt/ (Northern-US) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈɔnsloːt/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈɔn.slɔt/ Midland US, Southern US, without the cot–caught merger
• [ˈɔ̟nsloːt] ~ [ˈɞ̠nsloːt] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɒnsloːt/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɒn.slɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

1. A fierce attack.
2. (broadly) 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. 2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:

Forms

Deriveds

onslaughter

Relateds

slew

Synonyms

onrush

Translations (66)

sk útok (fierce attack) · pt assalto (fierce attack) · hu támadás (fierce attack) · gl presa (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · gl aluvión (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · gl asalto (fierce attack) · es acometida (fierce attack) · ro atac (fierce attack) · pt invasão (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · cs útok (fierce attack) · ru на́тиск (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · gl riola (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · cs nájezd (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · de Ansturm (fierce attack) · el ορμή (fierce attack) · la ēruptiō (fierce attack) · pt investida (fierce attack) · ru на́тиск (fierce attack) · ro asalt (fierce attack) · cs příval (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · kk басу (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · fi ryntäys (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · kk торлау (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · fr assaut (fierce attack) · yue 猛攻 (fierce attack) · gl bimbión (fierce attack) · fr offensive (fierce attack) · cs invaze (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · de Angriff (fierce attack) · es avalancha (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · de Strum (fierce attack) · es arremetida (fierce attack) · ro asalt (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · fi hyökkäys (fierce attack) · fr invasion (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · bg я́ростна ата́ка (fierce attack) · fi rynnäkkö (fierce attack) · tr taarruz (fierce attack) · uk на́тиск (fierce attack) · hu ostrom (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · sv anstormning (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · it assalto (fierce attack) · be на́ціск (fierce attack) · cmn 猛攻 (fierce attack) · ro ofensivă (fierce attack) · gl guinada (fierce attack) · it invasione (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · grc ὁρμή (fierce attack) · es embestida (fierce attack) · sv våldsamt anfall (fierce attack) · mi ngaunga (fierce attack) · es ataque (fierce attack) · fi päällekarkaus (fierce attack) · kk қаптау (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · kk қаптап кету (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · mi tukituki (fierce attack) · cs úder (fierce attack) · hu roham (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · pl atak (fierce attack) · ru наплы́в (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · ca envestida (fierce attack) · fr assaut (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack) · ca atac (fierce attack) · sv angrepp (fierce attack) · tr saldırı (fierce attack) · cs nápor (large quantity of people or things resembling an attack)