Both Uses of
onslaught
in
Childhood's End
- A blazing sun hung half-way down the sky, but Jeff's mahogany-brown body was now quite immune to its onslaughts.†
Chpt 16 *
- The dream had disturbed him: he wondered if it was the first onslaught of loneliness upon his mind.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(onslaught) a powerful attack
or:
a sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled -- such as trouble, people or communications