Definition of "onslaught" []

• A violent attack. (noun)
• An overwhelming outpouring: an onslaught of third-class mail. (noun)

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• "An angry Mr. Kasich tells me that this onslaught is the way it's been from the Strickland campaign for 14 straight months."
• "It's clear to me that the media onslaught is the default."
• "I think if we back him up he will be able to overcome this onslaught from the greedy power brokers and the congressmen that have their hands in the till."