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
Rush
Rush noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Usage example: the regiment recaptured the hill with a single rush
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Rush and Onset. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/onset/rush
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Rush or Onset. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/onset/rush.
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