ONSLAUGHT


Meaning of ONSLAUGHT in English

■ noun a fierce or destructive attack.

↘an overwhelmingly large quantity of people or things.

Origin

C17 (also as anslaight ): from MDu. aenslag , from aen 'on' + slag 'blow', assoc. with obs. slaught 'slaughter'.

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