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onfall

noun as in onslaught

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The Indians are to have powder and lead of us, after which they make a sudden onfall on the over-mountain settlements.

The cover came to the wayside, and as I passed I was all strung up to meet and to resist an onfall.

Was it not at the onfall at Nurnberg, when I led the right and you the left wing of the heavy horse?'

You shall hear how the onfall goes, belike,” they said, “and to-morrow shall be your judgment.

Such a purpose as the trapping of the King by a secret and sudden onfall was the mere commonplace of Scottish politics.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to onfall, such as: commencement, dawning, onslaught, outbreak, outset, and access.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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