onslaught

== English == === Alternative forms === anslaight === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒn.slɔːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑn.slɔt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑn.slɑt/ Hyphenation: on‧slaught === Noun === onslaught (plural onslaughts) A fierce attack. Synonym: onrush (by extension) A large number of people or things resembling an attack. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== slew === References === “onslaught”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.