Definition for Onslaught:

• A violent or overwhelming assault.

Synonyms for Onslaught:

• n.

  •
  • blizzard,
  • feast,
  • cascade,
  • concentration,
  • deluge,
  • avalanche,
  • offensive,
  • bonanza,
  • cornucopia,
  • complex.
  •aggression (noun)
  • in jury,
  • in juries,
  • in-jury,
  • in-juries.
  •assault (noun)
  • stormings.
  •attack (noun)
  • onfall,
  • spasm,
  • furor,
  • violence,
  • charge,
  • frenzy,
  • fight,
  • tirade,
  • foray,
  • riot,
  • fury,
  • combat,
  • strike,
  • war,
  • warfare,
  • siege,
  • outbreak.
  •barrage (noun)
  • de luges,
  • de luge,
  • de-luges,
  • de-luge.
  •battle (noun)
  • scrimmage,
  • Wars,
  • strife,
  • blitzkreig,
  • havoc,
  • significant contact.
  •blitz (noun)
  • Lightning Attack,
  • shelling.
  •bloodshed (noun)
  • ex terminations,
  • bloodlettings,
  • ex-terminations,
  • ex-termination.
  •diatribe (noun)
  • screeds,
  • screed,
  • jeremiad.
  •event (noun)
  • onslaught.
  •gauntlet (noun)
  • gloves.
  •raid (noun)
  • de scent,
  • tipovers,
  • de-scent,
  • hit and runs,
  • shootups,
  • breakin,
  • hit and run,
  • de scents,
  • hit-and-runs,
  • de-scents.
  •ruffled feathers (noun)
  • ruffled-feathers.
  •storm (noun)
  • out burst,
  • rabidities,
  • out cries,
  • out-bursts,
  • out-cry,
  • drumfires,
  • rampancies,
  • out bursts,
  • out-cries,
  • out-burst.
  •violence (noun)
  • storminess,
  • wildness,
  • brute force,
  • ferocity,
  • terrorism,
  • murderousness,
  • ferocities,
  • destructiveness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • salvo,
  • tanning,
  • Assailment,
  • counteroffensive,
  • swoop,
  • pounding,
  • Bashing,
  • counterattack.
  •
  • wave,
  • shot.

Paraphrases for Onslaught:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Narrows, attacking, strike, raid, avalanche, shock, onset, crackdown, encroachment, affront.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    assault, attack, offensive, aggression, invasion, outpouring, massacre, Storming, slaughter, carnage, incursion, deluge, offense, campaign, spate, storm, flood.

Antonyms for Onslaught:

• n.

  • attack
    retreat, defense.
  • Other antonyms:
    opposition, repulsion, protection, submission, guard, surrender.

Onslaught Sentence Examples:

• I planned to trick them, to throw them into confusion, and to cause a general panic by a sudden onslaught while they were resting and apparently finished for the day.

• Then the war came, with the Tuamasanga in an uproar from end to end, every young man being called to arms, and troops pouring in from Tutuila and the westward to join in the onslaught against Mataafa.

Hyponym for Onslaught:

• n.

  • event
    trouble.