on·slaught

[on-slawt, awn-]
noun
an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.

Origin:
1615–25; < Dutch aanslag a striking, (earlier) attack (equivalent to aan on + slag blow, stroke; akin to slay), with assimilation to obsolete slaught slaughter

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onslaught (ˈɒnˌslɔːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a violent attack
 
[C17: from Middle Dutch aenslag, from aanon + slag a blow, related to slay]

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onslaught
1625, anslaight, somehow from or on analogy of Du. aanslag "attack," from M.Du. aenslach, from aen "on" + slach "blow," related to slaen "slay." Spelling infl. by obs. (since c.1400) Eng. slaught (n.) "slaughter," from O.E. sleaht (see slaughter). No record of its use
in 18c.; apparently revived by Scott.
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Example sentences
Central government will essentially break down in the face of a libertarian
  technological onslaught.
To keep fully on top of this onslaught is both difficult and foolhardy.
And don't think that the ocean is off limits to gravity's onslaught.
We adapt to the onslaught and continue to proliferate.
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