Explore Onslaught through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like trouble or language. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Onslaught meaning
- A fierce attack.
- A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
Synonyms of Onslaught
Using Onslaught
- The main meaning on this page is: A fierce attack. | A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
- Useful related words include: trouble, language, outpouring, bombardment.
- In the example corpus, onslaught often appears in combinations such as: onslaught of, the onslaught, an onslaught.
Context around Onslaught
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Onslaught
- In this selection, "onslaught" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, terror, russian, four, marvel, attempted and akpabuyo stand out and add context to how "onslaught" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7 terror onslaught attempted to and a villainous onslaught by joining. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "onslaught" sits close to words such as amino, bce and booming, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with onslaught
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An infield groundout back to Lainey Hughes finally ended the onslaught. (11 words)
BC killed off a late penalty during a six-on-four onslaught. (12 words)
Created from the consciousness of Professor X and Magneto, Onslaught is a formidable psionic entity. (15 words)
Channel 12 pressed an officer on how Unit 504 and the rest of the intelligence apparatus had failed to predict the October 7 onslaught if it has such a degree of information on what is going on outside Israel’s borders. (41 words)
During Hamas’s onslaught on southern Israel last weekend, combat helicopters were among the first forces to arrive and fight the invading terrorists, as well as deploy special forces to communities and army bases that were under attack. (38 words)
A New Jersey man inspired by Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught attempted to join the al-Shabaab terror group to harm the United States, a federal court in New York announced on Friday. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Releasing from 1996-1997, tracks the rebirth of the Avengers, Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom following their deaths at the hands of Onslaught in Onslaught: Marvel Universe.
A New Jersey man inspired by Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught attempted to join the al-Shabaab terror group to harm the United States, a federal court in New York announced on Friday.
An infield groundout back to Lainey Hughes finally ended the onslaught.
As a result, Ukraine has had to rely heavily on foreign partners and international organizations for economic aid to stave off the Russian onslaught and begin launching a counteroffensive.
As we face an onslaught of deadly legislation and an increasingly obvious strain of fascism, we must do everything in our power to empower our disenfranchised community members.
Basingstoke was hit by an onslaught of hail on Tuesday, with one resident describing his worry over the storm damaging his car.
BC killed off a late penalty during a six-on-four onslaught.
Before the current onslaught, Akpabuyo/ Bakassi enjoyed the notoriety of heightened insecurity such as kidnapping, gangsterism, cultism, robbery, and even banditry.
Between the timely release of “Pageboy” at the start of Pride Month and the growing onslaught of legislation targeting trans rights, now is an excellent time to read this humanizing and well-written memoir.
But in the face of this onslaught civil society continues to strive to make a crucial difference to people’s lives.
But that campaign has been thoroughly abused by the actions and inaction of police personnel, who have been unrelenting in their onslaught against the Nigerian people.
Channel 12 pressed an officer on how Unit 504 and the rest of the intelligence apparatus had failed to predict the October 7 onslaught if it has such a degree of information on what is going on outside Israel’s borders.
Clashes are intensifying around the industrial city ahead of an anticipated fresh onslaught by Russia this spring.
Coach Andrew McDonald dropped out-of-form allrounder Cameron Green and wicketkeeper Alex Carey after the opening loss to hosts India, but those changes failed to prevent a South African onslaught.
Cooper started writing “Ain’t No Mo’” in 2016 as a cathartic way to deal with the onslaught of police killings of unarmed Black folks.
Created from the consciousness of Professor X and Magneto, Onslaught is a formidable psionic entity.
During Hamas’s onslaught on southern Israel last weekend, combat helicopters were among the first forces to arrive and fight the invading terrorists, as well as deploy special forces to communities and army bases that were under attack.
Fighting has intensified in the 34 days since Hamas' brutal October 7 onslaught against Israel, and tensions in the region have sparked attacks on American forces by Iranian-backed proxies.
Following the bloody tale of Andy and Fuuko as they try to survive a villainous onslaught by joining the very people hunting them, things have changed in a relatively short amount of time.
For those of us fighting back, as this narrative is both is unsettling and dangerous, we're subject to an onslaught of accusations of intolerance and bigotry.
Common combinations with onslaught
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- onslaught of 68×
- the onslaught 54×
- an onslaught 34×
- onslaught on 15×
- onslaught that 6×
- onslaught from 6×
- onslaught in 5×
- onslaught against 5×
- military onslaught 5×
- onslaught by 4×