Onslaughts Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Onslaughts

outpourings
The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.
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bombardments
Heavy artillery fire
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barrages
A concentrated discharge or bombardment of artillery, missiles, or firearms.
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onsets
An attack; assault
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attacks
The initial movement in a task or undertaking:
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storms
(Military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.
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offensives
A physical or military attack or assault:
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invasions
An invading or being invaded
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blitzes
A swift and overwhelming attack.
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assaults
The close-combat phase of an attack
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strikes
An attack, especially a military air attack on a single group of targets.
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offenses
The person, army, etc. that is attacking
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attempts
An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. [1580]
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aggressions
Aggression is defined as an unprovoked attack or harmful action against another.
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Antonyms for Onslaughts

defenses
The fact or state of being defended
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Onslaughts Sentence Examples

  • In 1381 Murad's son Yilderim Bayezid married Devlet Shah Khatun, hausted by the onslaughts of Ghazan Mahmud Khan, 1288-1326.

  • Trained riders, archers and javelin-throwers from infancy, they advanced to the attack in numerous companies following hard upon each other, avoiding close quarters, but wearing out their antagonists by the persistency of their onslaughts.

  • He made powerful onslaughts on the Church in connexion with the Bell and Lancaster controversy, and took a prominent part in the discussions which led to the foundation of London University in 1825.

  • Geographical conditions and a hard struggle against nature fixed the character of this " aridian " culture, and determined its migrations; the onslaughts of nomad Indians determined the sedentary civilization of the cliff dwellers.

  • In 1476 Mahomet again invaded Moldavia, but, though successful in the open field, the Turks were sorely harassed by Stephen's guerilla onslaughts, and, being thinned by pestilence, were again constrained to retire.

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