Both Uses
onslaught
in
The Lovely Bones
(Edited)
- She was armed to the teeth for any onslaught of sympathy.
Chpt 2 *onslaught = powerful attack
- She would feel it then, creeping up the side of her calves and into her gut, the onslaught, the grief coming, the tears like a small relentless army approaching the front lines of her eyes, and she would breathe in, taking a large gulp of air to try to stop herself from crying in a public place.
Chpt 16onslaught = powerful attack; or sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled
Definitions:
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(1)
(onslaught) a powerful attack
or:
a sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled -- such as trouble, people or communications - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)