Synonyms of the word

onslaught

• n. A fierce attack.
• n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

barrage

• n. an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
• n. a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them (Wikipedia).
• n. a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
• n. (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
• n. (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
• v. (transitive) to direct a barrage at; to bombard.

bombardment

• n. the act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
• n. heavy artillery fire.
• n. (physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.

language

• n. (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a…
• n. (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
• n. (uncountable) The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.
• n. (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which…
• n. (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
• n. (uncountable) Manner of expression.
• n. (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
• n. (uncountable) Profanity.
• v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language.
• n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

onrush

• n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
• n. An aggressive assault.
• v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
• v. To assault aggressively.

onset

• n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
• n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
• n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
• n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
• n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
• n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
• n. the start (of something).
• v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
• v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

operation

• n. The method by which a device performs its function.
• n. The method or practice by which actions are done.
• n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• n. A planned undertaking.
• n. A business or organization.
• n. (medicine) A surgical procedure.
• n. (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the…
• n. (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
• n. (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

outpouring

• n. The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.

trouble

• n. A distressing or dangerous situation.
• n. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
• n. A violent occurrence or event.
• n. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
• n. A malfunction.
• n. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
• n. (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
• v. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
• v. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
• v. (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.