Onset
Onset noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Usage example: the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion
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He is interrupted by the onset of a German raid on their base, and he and Maggie both dive into the nearest trench.
Source: Film / Battle of Britain
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Raid and Onset. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/onset/raid
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