All 3 Uses of
onslaught
in
The Hobbit
- Some caught hold of the trunks and swung themselves into lower branches, some (like the little hobbit) got behind a tree to shelter from the onslaught of the rocks.
Chpt 6 *onslaught = powerful attack; or sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled
- Just as the goblins were recovering from the onslaught and the elf-charge was halted, there rose from across the valley a deep-throated roar.
Chpt 17
- They had only stemmed the first onslaught of the black tide.
Chpt 17
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