Both Uses of
onslaught
in
Nineteen Minutes
- His muscles were still formidable, and visible enough beneath his jacket to stop the onslaught of any monster jokes incurred by his last name.
Chpt 1 *onslaught = powerful attack; or sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled
- And then, like any force of nature, you had to brace yourself for another onslaught before things went back to normal.
Chpt 1
Definition:
a powerful attack
or:
a sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled -- such as trouble, people or communications
or:
a sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled -- such as trouble, people or communications