onslaught

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Lost in the onslaught was the fact that the pass-happy Phoenix piled up 246 yards on the ground.

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

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onslaught:   onslaughts
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  1. Alteration (influenced by obsolete slaughte, slaughter) of Dutch aanslag, a striking at, from Middle Dutch aenslach : aen-, on; see an- in Indo-European roots + slach, a striking.

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  1. from on + slaught, from Middle English slaʒt, from Anglo-Saxon sleaht, a striking, attack: see slaught, slaughter.
 

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/ˈɑnslɔt/
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