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Onset (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) An onslaught; an assault; a beginning; as, the onset of a cold; an attack;
a storming; especially, the assault of an army. ...Onset (1 Occurrence). ...
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Assault (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.;
an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make ...
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Onslaught (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An attack; an onset; a furious or murderous assault.
2. (n.) A bloody fray or battle. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Insult (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of leaping on; onset; attack. ... 3.
(vt) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. ...
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Charge (379 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. 13. (vi) To make an
onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets. 14. (vi ...
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Attack (221 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To make an onset or attack. 6. (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on
with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. ...
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Onrush (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A rushing onward; an onset; a verbal or physical
assault. Multi-Version Concordance Onrush (2 Occurrences). ...
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Onrushing (1 Occurrence)

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Weak (102 Occurrences)
... plant. 6. (vi) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued
or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. 7 ...
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Fever (13 Occurrences)
... Such attacks may take place daily, a few hours of interval with normal temperature
separating the end of one fit from the onset of the next. ...
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Bible Concordance

Onset (1 Occurrence)

Acts 14:5 And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,
(ASV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An onslaught; an assault; a beginning; as, the onset of a cold; an attack; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

2. (n.) A setting about; a beginning.

3. (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

4. (v. t.) To assault; to set upon.

5. (v. t.) To set about; to begin.

Greek

3730. horme -- a rapid motion forwards, onrush, assault
... assault. Of uncertain affinity; a violent impulse, ie Onset -- assault. (orme) --
2 Occurrences. 3729, 3730. horme. 3731 . Strong's Numbers.
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Strong's Hebrew

3593. kidor -- onset
... 3592, 3593. kidor. 3594 . onset. Transliteration: kidor Phonetic Spelling:
(kee-dore') Short Definition: attack. Word Origin from ...
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Library

How Taricheae was Taken. A Description of the River Jordan, and of ...
... and his party were neither affrighted at their number, nor at the good order they
were in, but made a sally upon them; and at the very first onset the builders ...
/.../chapter 10 how taricheae was.htm

The Death of Saint David.
... I will give the signal for the onset, which will lay thousands of our foemen low;
and see, for my ensign, I do wear upon my burgonet this leek, which will, if ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter sixteen the death of.htm

On the Councils, Or, the Faith of the Easterns.
... waves of awakening blasphemy struggled against God, you who still remain with me
faithful in Christ did not give way when threatened with the onset of heresy ...
/.../the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/on the councils or the.htm

How Antony at the Persuasion of Cleopatra Sent Herod to Fight ...
... with those orders, but were so emboldened by their foregoing victory, that they
presently attacked the Arabians, and beat them at the first onset, and then ...
/.../chapter 19 how antony at.htm

How Izates was Betrayed by his Own Subjects, and Fought against by ...
... and promised him great sums of money, if he would make an expedition against their
king; and they further promised him, that, on the first onset, they would ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how izates was.htm

Acts XIV
... (4) Yet the multitude of the city was divided: some were with the Jews, and others
with the apostles. (5) But when an onset was made by both Gentiles and Jews ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xiv.htm

How the Meek and the Passionate are to be Admonished.
... For to strike with the point is to oppose with an onset of open rebuke: but to smite
the pursuer with the hinder end of the spear is calmly to touch the ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xvi how the meek.htm

His Charge of Cowardice is Baseless: for Basil Displayed the ...
... like then, that spiritless coward,' as Eunomius calls him, shrinking from danger,
and trusting to a retired cabin to save him?' Did he quail at this evil onset ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 12 his charge of.htm

Bossuet -- the Funeral Sermon on the Death of the Grande Conde
... Don Francisco de Mellos awaits the onset with a firm foot; and, without being able
to retreat, the two generals and the two armies seemed to have wished to ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/bossuet the funeral sermon.htm

The Invasion of Greece and the Battle of Marathon.
... of the Persians."State of Athens."The Greek army."Miltiades and his colleagues."
Position of the armies."Miltiades's plan of attack."Onset of the ...
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Subtopics

Onset

Related Terms

Assault (8 Occurrences)

Onslaught (2 Occurrences)

Insult (25 Occurrences)

Charge (379 Occurrences)

Attack (221 Occurrences)

Onrush (2 Occurrences)

Onrushing (1 Occurrence)

Weak (102 Occurrences)

Fever (13 Occurrences)