Hit
Onset
Onset noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- It also hit the market at the wrong time, right at the onset of the 1958 recession.
Source: The Alleged Car / Real Life -
Averted with the onset of a two hit wonder: a boxy-carrier.
Source: One-Hit-Point Wonder - Truth in Television, the porn industry took a hit in the 80's with the onset of AIDS, VHS replacing film and the Reagan administration declaring war on it.
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Onset and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/onset
Hit & Onset. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/onset>.
Onset or Hit. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/onset.
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