The first known use of the word 'onslaught' was in 1625. It was modified from the Dutch word 'aanslang', which means 'a violent attack, act of striking'.
Indian
The word comes from the Latin word mittere meaning to send
Cyllan
The origin of the word mitre goes back to the old times in Greece. It was then a kind of hat which the people in Greece would wear. They called it the mitre.
Middle English from Old French
"He was overpowered by the merciless onslaught."
The onslaught of the Black Death is difficult to suppress.
According to Merriam-Webster (m-w.com), onslaught means "an especially fierce attack."
The word is onslaught.
Meaning: overwhelming assault or force; very large amount of something SENTENCE: He faced it with an onslaught of junk mail
My sister was the victim of an Onslaught of water balloons The Incas were overcome by the Spanish conquistadors' onslaught.
The castle was unable to defend against the marauders' onslaught. I am expecting a veritable onslaught of butterflies, this spring.
Onslaught - Transformers - was created in 1987.
Onslaught - novel - was created in 2002.
Onslaught - band - was created in 1983.
Onslaught - comics - was created in 1996.
Total Onslaught - 2004 1844 and the Final Onslaught 1-32 was released on: USA: 2004