avalanche vs onslaught

avalanche

noun
  • A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity. 

  • A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. 

  • A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. 

verb
  • The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers. 

  • To come down upon; to overwhelm. 

  • To descend like an avalanche. 

  • To propel downward like an avalanche. 

onslaught

noun
  • A large number of people or things resembling an attack. 

  • A fierce attack. 

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