Onslaught
noun
Intense or violent attack or criticism.
The town was under an onslaught of enemy soldiers.
Often appears as...
- face an onslaught
- endure an onslaught
noun
A large amount of people or things unpleasantly or unexpectedly happening or coming.
They had to deal with an onslaught of complaints.
Often appears as...
- an onslaught of criticism
- an onslaught of complaints
noun
Intense or violent attack or criticism.
The town was under an onslaught of enemy soldiers.
Often appears as...
- face an onslaught
- endure an onslaught
noun
A large amount of people or things unpleasantly or unexpectedly happening or coming.
They had to deal with an onslaught of complaints.
Often appears as...
- an onslaught of criticism
- an onslaught of complaints
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Pro Tip 1/3Severity Implied
The word 'onslaught' suggests a very powerful or severe attack, often overwhelming.
The castle walls barely withstood the onslaught.
Pro Tip 2/3Battle Associations
Often used to describe military attacks, giving it a combative, warlike tone.
Soldiers prepared for the impending onslaught.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Physical
Can refer to non-physical attacks, like harsh criticism or intense questioning.
The author faced an onslaught of critical reviews.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Implied
The word 'onslaught' suggests a very powerful or severe attack, often overwhelming.
The castle walls barely withstood the onslaught.
Pro Tip 2/3Battle Associations
Often used to describe military attacks, giving it a combative, warlike tone.
Soldiers prepared for the impending onslaught.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Physical
Can refer to non-physical attacks, like harsh criticism or intense questioning.
The author faced an onslaught of critical reviews.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Implied
The word 'onslaught' suggests a very powerful or severe attack, often overwhelming.
The castle walls barely withstood the onslaught.
Pro Tip 2/3Battle Associations
Often used to describe military attacks, giving it a combative, warlike tone.
Soldiers prepared for the impending onslaught.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Physical
Can refer to non-physical attacks, like harsh criticism or intense questioning.
The author faced an onslaught of critical reviews.
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Coneheads, egg stacks...
This single determined termite is braving countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the onslaught of predators even as she lands, flips off her wings, secretes pheromones, and attracts a mate. The pair dash from the danger zone into a rotting tree stump.
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The alliances needed to...
there in trying to import with an air bridge medical equipment is urgent neither because in many countries there are not even enough ventilators just for the hospitals that already exist nevermind the onslaught of patients that are coming and perhaps most importantly
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Onward: Hawaii Botanist...
plants that have come in on them has to be a little bit careful it is clinical princeps variety anomaly which is only known from the island of Kauai what's come later though is just an onslaught of weeds from all over the world thousands of weed this is a weenie
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The science of skin...
So how did our ancestors cope with this onslaught of UV? The key to survival lay in their own personal sunscreen manufactured beneath the melanin. The type and amount of melanin in your skin determines whether you'll be more or less protected from the sun.
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The surprising reason...
It's logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body, but is that really the case? What's actually making you feel sick? What if your body itself was driving this vicious onslaught?
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How to talk (and listen)...
These bathroom bills aren't protecting anyone. All they're doing is ensuring that when trans people are assaulted in bathrooms, the law will no longer be on our side when we report it. Being trans means a daily onslaught of these misconceptions.
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Humble plants that hide...
And this plant, in fact, is giving the cosmetic chemists very important ingredients that are actually finding ways to slow down the aging process and at the same time reinforce the cells against the onslaught of environmental toxins.
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Why do people have...
Your nose is running, your eyes are swollen and watery, your throat is itchy. For you and millions of others, it's seasonal allergy time. So what's behind this onslaught of mucus? The answer lies within you. It's your immune system.
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An urgent call to...
and while individual localized efforts will continue to be important, they cannot stand up to the onslaught of climate change. To stand up to climate change, we must work together.
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Deadly Ocean Predators:...
under ceaseless attack the bait ball is diminishing minute by minute the relentless onslaught continues from above with the swooping frigates
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
This single determined termite is braving countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the onslaught of predators even as she lands, flips off her wings, secretes pheromones, and attracts a mate. The pair dash from the danger zone into a rotting tree stump.
Video examples
The alliances needed to...
there in trying to import with an air bridge medical equipment is urgent neither because in many countries there are not even enough ventilators just for the hospitals that already exist nevermind the onslaught of patients that are coming and perhaps most importantly
Video examples
Onward: Hawaii Botanist...
plants that have come in on them has to be a little bit careful it is clinical princeps variety anomaly which is only known from the island of Kauai what's come later though is just an onslaught of weeds from all over the world thousands of weed this is a weenie
Video examples
The science of skin...
So how did our ancestors cope with this onslaught of UV? The key to survival lay in their own personal sunscreen manufactured beneath the melanin. The type and amount of melanin in your skin determines whether you'll be more or less protected from the sun.
Video examples
The surprising reason...
It's logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body, but is that really the case? What's actually making you feel sick? What if your body itself was driving this vicious onslaught?
Video examples
How to talk (and listen)...
These bathroom bills aren't protecting anyone. All they're doing is ensuring that when trans people are assaulted in bathrooms, the law will no longer be on our side when we report it. Being trans means a daily onslaught of these misconceptions.
Video examples
Humble plants that hide...
And this plant, in fact, is giving the cosmetic chemists very important ingredients that are actually finding ways to slow down the aging process and at the same time reinforce the cells against the onslaught of environmental toxins.
Video examples
Why do people have...
Your nose is running, your eyes are swollen and watery, your throat is itchy. For you and millions of others, it's seasonal allergy time. So what's behind this onslaught of mucus? The answer lies within you. It's your immune system.
Video examples
An urgent call to...
and while individual localized efforts will continue to be important, they cannot stand up to the onslaught of climate change. To stand up to climate change, we must work together.
Video examples
Deadly Ocean Predators:...
under ceaseless attack the bait ball is diminishing minute by minute the relentless onslaught continues from above with the swooping frigates
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Paul G. Tremblay
American Author
While being a parent has been the most fulfilling experience of my life, it comes with a price. Besides the onslaught of worries and fears that can be paralyzing, more personally there is a struggle with identity, or the fear of loss or usurpsion of identity, if that makes sense.
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Tristan Harris
American Activist
With its onslaught of never-ending choices, never-ending supply of relationships and obligations, the attention economy bulldozes the natural shape of our physical and psychological limits and turns impulses into bad habits.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
The onslaught of new and complex information, the academic and thinktank cults of expertise, not to mention the impossibility of bohemia in the age of high rents, have conspired to assassinate the public intellectual.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Over the years, I have seen the power of the oceans to excite, feed, and sustain people. I have also seen them undergo a growing onslaught of attacks, from destructive fishing practices to rising acidification.
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Noah Hawley
American Producer
The first conversations I had for 'Legion' were right as the first year of 'Fargo' was ending. 'Daredevil' hadn't even begun then, so when signing on, I had no real sense of the onslaught that was coming.
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Essie Davis
Australian Actress
As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaught of information about how other people do it.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught of problems.
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Annamie Paul
Canadian Politician
I have been subjected to what can only be described as an unrelenting onslaught of comments and commentary and trolling online.
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Sophie Dahl
English Model
When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it.
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Livy
Roman Historian
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
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Paul G. Tremblay
American Author
While being a parent has been the most fulfilling experience of my life, it comes with a price. Besides the onslaught of worries and fears that can be paralyzing, more personally there is a struggle with identity, or the fear of loss or usurpsion of identity, if that makes sense.
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Tristan Harris
American Activist
With its onslaught of never-ending choices, never-ending supply of relationships and obligations, the attention economy bulldozes the natural shape of our physical and psychological limits and turns impulses into bad habits.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
The onslaught of new and complex information, the academic and thinktank cults of expertise, not to mention the impossibility of bohemia in the age of high rents, have conspired to assassinate the public intellectual.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Over the years, I have seen the power of the oceans to excite, feed, and sustain people. I have also seen them undergo a growing onslaught of attacks, from destructive fishing practices to rising acidification.
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Noah Hawley
American Producer
The first conversations I had for 'Legion' were right as the first year of 'Fargo' was ending. 'Daredevil' hadn't even begun then, so when signing on, I had no real sense of the onslaught that was coming.
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Essie Davis
Australian Actress
As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaught of information about how other people do it.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught of problems.
Quote examples
Annamie Paul
Canadian Politician
I have been subjected to what can only be described as an unrelenting onslaught of comments and commentary and trolling online.
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Sophie Dahl
English Model
When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it.
Quote examples
Livy
Roman Historian
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
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