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Added 9 October 2026

onslaught

/ˈɒn.slɔːt/ noun

In Latin: ēruptiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about onslaught at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A fierce attack.
A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.

Origin

From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag, although slaught corresponds to Middle Dutch slacht; slag is cognate with the English weaving term sley. Compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag.

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