onslaught on
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- The city prepared for an inevitable onslaught on its defenses.
- Environmentalists launched an onslaught on industrial pollution.
- The company faced a relentless onslaught on its market share from competitors.
- There was a verbal onslaught on the speaker from the angry audience.
- After the discovery, there was a media onslaught on the celebrity's private life.
- The government's new policies represent an onslaught on civil liberties.
- During the winter, the village endures an annual onslaught on its resources by tourists.
- Scientists are studying the devastating onslaught on coral reefs by climate change.
- The new software was met with an onslaught on its security from hackers.
- Critics launched a fierce onslaught on the director's latest film.