Both Uses of
onslaught
in
The Lords of Discipline
- "Ma'am," I said in the silence that followed the shock of her noiseless onslaught, "you are indeed a quiet little person."†
Chpt 1.13 *onslaught = powerful attack; or sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled
- Very few indeed could withstand the onslaught of twenty determined men.†
Chpt 2.17
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