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onslaught

noun as in attack

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They have now beaten both of last year's Super Bowl sides after a win in Philadelphia while Sunday was Bo Nix's fifth fourth-quarter comeback, which includes an incredible 33-point onslaught against the Giants.

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Scotland shipped penalty after penalty during the Argentine onslaught as players tired and Santiago Carreras took the game by the scruff of its neck.

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The onslaught of robberies stretched a unit of 30 police officers tasked with leading investigations into museum thefts across the country.

Indeed, the lands immediately surrounding Chuckwalla have seen an onslaught of housing, tourism and extraction projects in recent years.

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New Zealand survived three yellow cards and a second-half onslaught to maintain their unbeaten record against Scotland by edging a game for the ages at Murrayfield.

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

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