Both Uses of
onslaught
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- In one day of breathtaking violence, Japan's main onslaught had begun.†
p. 49.7onslaught = powerful attack; or sudden and enormous amount of something that must be handled
- Under the onslaught, Louie began to come apart.†
p. 193.3 *
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