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Synonyms for onset

Grammar : Noun
Spell : on-set, awn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn-

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Définition of onset

Origin :
  • 1530s, "attack, assault," from on + set (n.); cf. to set (something) on (someone). Weaker sense of "beginning, start" first recorded 1560s. Figurative use in reference to a calamity, disease, etc. is from 1580s.
  • noun beginning; attack
Example sentences :
  • The onset and the issue were like the passage and destruction of a whirlwind.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He met their onset with a firm, steady foot, and fired straight at their heads.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • As an eagle descendeth on its prey, so rusheth my kinsman to the onset.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • They were also greatly elated with the success which had crowned the first onset.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • Had I known this, I could have marked the onset with a less failing spirit.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • Then went they to their ships, and made ready to row to the onset.
  • Extract from : « The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) » by Snorri Sturluson
  • Frank could not withstand this onset, he was forced to his knees.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • But the Trojans, in close array, first made the onset, and Hector led them on.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
  • If it had been put in a packing-case he would have been defeated at the onset.
  • Extract from : « The Nrnberg Stove » by Louisa de la Ram (AKA Ouida)
  • An injury to his thigh had led to the onset of an insidious hip disease.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

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