ONSLAUGHT


Meaning of ONSLAUGHT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

survive

And would its spiritual aura survive the debasing onslaught of materialism?

The neighborhood service centers, however, survived the council onslaught .

How can they survive this onslaught ?

Somehow the head had survived his onslaught , which had grown desperately haphazard.

Having survived this onslaught , Celtic gradually settled and went 2-0 ahead in 61 minutes.

withstand

River organisms' ability to survive the disruption of floods was never evolved to withstand this kind of onslaught .

It seemed to withstand the onslaught of bicycles, tricycles and roller skates with scarcely a scratch to show.

Could my various injuries withstand the onslaught ?

The body of the adult human, however, can often withstand this chemical onslaught and ultimately recover fully.

Hardliners reckon that without him they could not withstand a reformist onslaught for long.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a massive propaganda onslaught

The city was in ruins after a prolonged onslaught by enemy warplanes.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And would its spiritual aura survive the debasing onslaught of materialism?

Hearing the onslaught of criticism, the state Department of Education is showing some signs of flexibility.

However, this great satirical onslaught on the Royal Family came to an abrupt end.

It certainly wasn't the band's strongest single to date and yet, in the commercial world, their weakest onslaught .

So startled was he by this sudden onslaught , Ryker momentarily froze, rooted to the spot.

The extent of that secret onslaught needs to be put on the record.

The legal question is how far the trust can be respected in the face of the onslaught of creditors.

The purge soon spread to an onslaught against oppositionists within the party itself.

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