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Thesaurus: onset

A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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  1. n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; 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.
  6. n. the beginning or early stages
  7. n. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  8. n:100 n. the beginning or early stages