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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A violent attack.
  2. n. An overwhelming outpouring: an onslaught of third-class mail.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Attack; onset; aggression; assault; an inroad; an incursion; a bloody attack.
  2. n. Synonyms Assault, etc. See onset.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A fierce attack.
  2. n. A large quantity of people or things resembling an attack.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
  2. n. Scot. A bloody fray or battle.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
  2. n. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  3. n. a sudden and severe onset of trouble

Etymologies

  1. From anslaight (compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag), equivalent to on- +‎ slaught. (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration (influenced by obsolete slaughte, slaughter) of Dutch aanslag, a striking at, from Middle Dutch aenslach : aen-, on; + slach, a striking. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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