Vocabulary
Onslaught
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a fierce or destructive attack.
Urdu meaning
سخت حملہ، دھاوا بولنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The Islamist tendencies of Hamas can be questioned, but can its efforts entirely be divorced from its tendencies as the only viable resistance to the Zionist onslaught?
- AS Israel`s military onslaught on Gaza intensifies, targeting and assassinating journalists is part of its genocidal campaign.
- Europe is being squeezed between the onslaught of Trump`s tariffs and America First policy and Vladimir Putin`s overweening ambitions.
- This has left Israel free to escalate its military onslaught on Gaza even as it continues negotiations with Hamas.
- Israel`s brutal military onslaught in Gaza has displaced at least 664,800 Palestinians between March 18 and June 11, bulldozing homes and propelling families into overcrowded tent cities.
Curator example
“a series of onslaughts on the citadel”
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