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ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn-on·set

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. onsetnoun

    An attack may be by word; an aggression is always by deed. An assault may be upon the person, an aggression is upon rights, possessions, etc. An invasion of a nation's territories is an act of aggression; an intrusion upon a neighboring estate is a trespass. Onslaught signifies intensely violent assault, as by an army or a desperado, tho it is sometimes used of violent speech.

    Synonyms:
    aggression, assault, attack, attack, encroachment, incursion, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onslaught, trespass

    Antonyms:
    defense, repulsion, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender

    Preposition:
    The enemy made an attack upon (or on) our works.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. onset, oncomingnoun

    the beginning or early stages

    "the onset of pneumonia"

    Synonyms:
    onrush, onslaught, oncoming, attack

  2. attack, onslaught, onset, onrushnoun

    (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

    "the attack began at dawn"

    Synonyms:
    attempt, approach, attack, oncoming, onrush, bombardment, plan of attack, fire, blast, flak, onslaught, tone-beginning, flack, outpouring, barrage

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. onsetnoun

    Synonyms:
    attack, assault, charge, storm, storming, first brunt

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How to use onset in a sentence?

  1. Suvarna Alladi:

    One study in Toronto demonstrated that people who could speak two languages had later onset dementia.

  2. Emmanuela Gakidou:

    The concern in children would be early onset of diabetes.

  3. Stephen Goutman:

    I am concerned about these associations and we, as a research community, need to better understand what they mean and how they relate to ALS onset and progression.

  4. Jeff Goldblum:

    I don’t know anything about what I’m talking about. But let’s utter the word ‘entropy’ and ‘systems’ and how things break down, before the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis, the caterpillar has some convulsions, chaotic convulsions. But it’s not death, necessarily. It’s the onset of transformation.

  5. Catherine Lomen-Hoerth:

    Treatments work best when given prior to symptoms starting or at the very start of symptom onset. This is something not possible with sporadic ALS because it takes time to establish a diagnosis, and by then, the symptoms can be quite advanced, while this treatment would only affect 2% of ALS patients, it may be much more impactful than other treatments for ALS, since it can be administered much earlier in the disease process -- perhaps even before a patient develops symptoms.


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