Onslaught and Siege

Onslaught

Onslaught noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

Usage example: the massive onslaught of enemy troops caught the country by surprise

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Siege and onslaught are semantically related In some cases you can use "Siege" instead a noun "Onslaught".

Siege noun - A sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder.

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Onslaught and siege are semantically related in attack topic. You can use "Onslaught" instead a noun "Siege".

Nearby Words: sieged, sieging

relentless	relentless onslaught	relentless siege
initial	initial onslaught	initial siege
brutal	brutal onslaught	brutal siege
nasty	nasty onslaught	nasty siege
Other adjectives: actual, entire, constant, massive, final, oncoming, demonic, aforementioned, armed, full-on.

When the flesh-eating undead horde siege the Fiddler's Green colony, although both rich and poor die in the onslaught, the more intelligent zombies' main targets are the upper-class establishment.

Source: Film / Land of the Dead
The Siege: The family and Roberta together have to protect their home from an onslaught of angry pirates.

Source: Film / Swiss Family Robinson
Brawl seems to combine elements of both his G1 incarnation, as well as that of the Combaticon commander, Onslaught, fusing G1 Brawl's violent nature with Onslaught's tactical knowledge (and during the siege on Iacon actually does act as a ground commander).

Source: Video Game / Transformers: War for Cybertron

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