onslaught
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“Heart of the Beast” is an onslaught of danger and misery, alleviated only by the pleasure of watching James’ survival skills and ingenuity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Despite facing notable challenges and coming of age in a culture infected by “big woe,” or an onslaught of despairing information, Moore believes there is still reason for young people to be optimistic.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
That South African onslaught came from the off.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"It is wrong that the journalists who did their job responsibly are now being subjected to an onslaught of abuse."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The house was on the very edge of the city, and was ringed by a few rickety trees that had managed to withstand the onslaught of the desert.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
In October, the South American country unveiled its first drone battalion to counterattack and defend against drone onslaughts.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
One drone he pilots can throw up an effective cloak of invisibility against electronic onslaughts, but others he has trained on don’t hold up well in that domain, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Knight, Sciver-Brunt, Jones and Gibson or Kemp are capable of providing brutal onslaughts if they have the comfort of a solid platform behind them.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
"This funding is critical to stopping those onslaughts, hardening Ukraine’s cyber defences and increasing the country’s ability to detect and disable the malware targeted at them."
From Reuters ● Jun. 18, 2023
The grease on the glass that covered the photograph showed the frequency of these affectionate onslaughts.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing onslaught
Words from "The Avengers"
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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"The Diary of Anne Frank," Vocabulary from the drama
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