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Onslaught

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɒn.slɔːt

Definitions

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

Equivalents

23 more languages
العربيةالهجوم
Беларускаянаціск
Ελληνικάορμή
Қазақ тілібасу
Kurdîatac
Latinaeruptio
Te Reo Māoritukituki
Српскиnaporprešautok
Українськанатиск

Examples

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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