Onslaught

Pronunciation

Origin

From anslaight (compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag), equivalent to - + slaught.

Noun

1. A fierce attack.
2. A large quantity of people or things resembling an attack.They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.
• 2010, December 28, Kevin Darling, West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn, 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.