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onslaught
 
SYLLABICATION:on·slaught
PRONUNCIATION:  nslôt, ôn-
NOUN:1. A violent attack. 2. An overwhelming outpouring: an onslaught of third-class mail.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration (influenced by obsolete slaughte, slaughter) of Dutch aanslag, a striking at, from Middle Dutch aenslach : aen-, on; see an- in Appendix I + slach, a striking.
 
 
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