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It was not until July 10 that the first heavy onslaught began, and this date is usually taken as the opening of the battle.

Any other society that had been subjected to this type of barbaric onslaught day in and day out would have been in an all-out civil war.

He made woeful and savage onslaught on a poem and a romance which came before him for judgement.

The goalkeeper, Vladimir Stojkovic, saved to his left and Serbia withstood a late onslaught to leave Group D wide open.

He stood by his words even after seven Canadian civilians and a Canadian UN peacekeeper were killed in the onslaught.

This microbiome establishes itself in the first two years of our life and persists despite the onslaught of French fries, Cokes, or carrots.

Much of the animal-intelligence research of that era ultimately foundered before an onslaught of skeptics.

However bad it gets, mathematicians will always be ready with a name and notation to tackle the next onslaught of bad economic figures.

For the first time in many years they were together and God addressed them both as they faced the brutal onslaught of the enemy.

There's going to be an onslaught of new tablets this year, including a refresh from Apple, but this one from HP is definitely one to watch.

but the shops are already gearing up for the onslaught and are ready and waiting to meet the demands of this year's Christmas lists.

In fact, you often can't use it on the day that you buy it, partly to help merchants prepare for the onslaught of new customers.

The only people to have displayed raw emotion have been Australian MPs opposed to China's onslaught on their country's mining assets.

In a ruthless onslaught in the heart of Kabul, militants attacked a large guesthouse favoured by United Nations workers.

The video onslaught takes viewers around the globe, smashing America with its fist.

Christmas Day can be such an onslaught that I tend to favor wines that lift my mood , complement the food and inspire conversation .

" Oh , shut up ! " replied Aileen , irritated greatly for the moment by this onslaught .

But "Onslaught" backfired somewhat: the company, after all, is part of the industry it mocked.

A cover used to protect a book. This piece of plastic serves to protect the book from the onslaught of daily usage.

Up to now, Obama has not responded well to this onslaught of unreason.

For the choices you make will determine how you deal with the onslaught of changes imminently poised on the steps of your world.

Parts of Shaoguan City in Guangdong Province have been flooded due to the sudden onslaught of heavy rains.

Our army tried to withstand the enemy onslaught.

They are the result of misdirection and random collisions, not a grinding corporate onslaught.

The vote was the focus of a last-minute onslaught from the US health insurance industry.

It was, at first, just a light scuttling that alerted us to their presence, but then the onslaught ensued.

Eg . They were quite unarmed, but their determined onslaught made them more terrifying than if they had been armed to the teeth.

Mid-west America must be left alone from this onslaught, and further use, even under the guise of "testing, " is no longer an option.

The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.

This book tells how, in the wake of the massive assaults, the Natives held back the American onslaught.

The French invading army, like a ravening beast that has received its death-wound in its onslaught, felt its end near.

That did not shield them from the onslaught of development.

They had been parked sideways, their giant tires shot out, presumably by Gadhafi soldiers hoping to blunt the rebel onslaught.

The Arabs shall dread this Boar and so shall the Africans, for the impetus of its onslaught will carry it into the remotest parts of Spain.

The onslaught of industrialization in the early 19th century changed all of that.

Firms that have survived and can potentially survive the onslaught of globalization are those engaged in very little value-added production.

In a bid to fight back the onslaught, residents burned bonfires of tires and trash, while others rattled tin boxes filled with stones.

Their cunning and skill puts them in control of the battlefield and lets them minimize the onslaught of their enemies.

Take a few hardcore scene veterans from Cleveland and the In Cold Blood onslaught begins.

Chip maker Intel says it will fight new allegations of corruption, as it faces a fresh onslaught of claims over its business practices.

What should western (and Japanese) multinationals do in the face of this onslaught?

The opposition parties, wrangling over "unity" candidates for parliament, are ill equipped to deal with this onslaught.

Social service agencies are scrambling to meet the onslaught of demands unfolding over the coming years.

The global recession has been marked by a steady onslaught of layoff announcements around the world.

Overwhelmed by the onslaught, Spaniards abandoned their homes to the insects, depopulating Santo Domingo.

Withstanding the onslaught of foreign firms on home soil may be as impressive a feat as beating them in global markets.

Especially thorny is the effect of an onslaught of cheaper imports on its small but heavily protected agriculture sector.

Nostalgia, as always, had wiped away bad memories and magnified the good ones. No one was safe from its onslaught.

Companies are facing "an onslaught of challenges, " he says, "which in some cases have no historical precedent. "

There's no need to manage the onslaught of unread articles but with the click of a button that causes many to tremble in fear.

But, with the arrival of our peers and the onslaught of our training and work responsibilities has come a newfound freedom.

The Regent had only received a few spotty reports of the Sentinels' onslaught before his commo links went dead.

In the west of Libya, rebels were reported to have seized the centre of Zawiyah after a fierce onslaught by regime forces.

S. corporations and cyber security specialists have reported "an onslaught" of cyber attacks originating from Chinese IP addresses.

Ritual for ancestor worship as a part of the Chinese traditional culture is under constant onslaught of modernization in the countryside.

The cloned Emperor's onslaught of new and advanced weaponry caused the New Republic military to reassess their fighting forces.

The overconfidence could portend an onslaught of new supply of homes for sale that would threaten prices.

India and Pakistan held their first formal meeting since the terrorist onslaught on Mumbai in November 2008.

The architecture in the old town has thankfully managed to survive the onslaught of earthquakes, wars and worst of all, modern development.

A raft of orders went through local hospital, energy and government departments to prepare for the storm's expected onslaught.

India's millions of small stores, of course, are terrified of the onslaught from domestic and foreign retailers.

Professor Bill Rawlinson from Sydney's Prince of Wales hospital says the country is preparing for an onslaught.

Sam unwittingly holds the key to the Decepticons' onslaught, so this time he must save the whole planet.

This piece of plastic serves to protect the book from the onslaught of daily usage.

No one had dug trenches or piled up sandbags to protect against the inevitable onslaught.

The onslaught of cellphone calls and email and instant messages is fracturing attention spans and hurting productivity.

If the central government decides that another stimulus onslaught is necessary, it may find the banks are less willing footsoldiers.

The Taliban's onslaught was at its peak when planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Two of NATO's top specialists in internet warfare, plus an American colleague, have hurried to Tallinn to observe the onslaught.

Twitter has been accused of attempting to silence tributes to Gaza one-year after an Israeli onslaught devastated the Palestinian enclave.

A more-or-less average American family facing the usual onslaught of unwanted expenses.

But taken as a whole the recent onslaught of zombie fiction is wearying.

Booksellers won't survive the Amazon onslaught by merely wagging their fingers at the retail giant.

Arabia fell to an onslaught of modern weaponry, including several guided missiles.

MORE than 40, 000 people this week fled the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan, as an onslaught against Taliban militants intensified.

The city resisted the enemies' onslaught for a month.

The blockbuster onslaught has been driven partly by a shift in the way studios and theater chains divide up box office receipts.

But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.

For Miss Lyon's closest living descendant, the onslaught in Twain's autobiography will open old wounds.

So where does Obama's plan fit in with Uncle Sam's unprecedented onslaught of efforts to stabilize the economy?

However, their respite from the Conservatives' onslaught may prove brief.

The onslaught is meant to stop Hamas firing rockets at Israel.

Protecting themselves from the onslaught, the sardines formed into giant balls measuring 20m in diameter (see photo).

Our purpose here is to protect our black leaders from the racial onslaught of the pig.

The nine native tribes of Taiwan have for a long time been facing the onslaught of modernization.

But they have little chance against the onslaught of water and debris.

Frank Lampard hit a fierce shot from distance that stung the palms of Howard and signalled an onslaught from the Three Lions.

At home the robocalls continue the onslaught.

Bioinformaticists are trying new approaches to handle the data onslaught.

They survived the first inning onslaught by their opponents.

Yet the BNP was in a shambles even before the recent onslaught.

The onslaught on European banks is unremitting.

And why is there no buffer to the onslaught of the years?

Increases the duration of Frenzy and Onslaught by X seconds.

As the Central Committee's directive of March 18, 1941, has stated, the second anti-Communist onslaught has come to an end.

What jobs are secure from the onslaught of automation?

They survived an onslaught by tribesmen.

The battle lasted for many days, but the unflagging armies of Arathor never tired or gave an inch of ground before the troll onslaught.

Russia's onslaught on the Chechen city of Grozny in the mid-1990s is reckoned to have killed some 20, 000 civilians.

The market is also braced for the onslaught of ultra-cheap cars.

Terrified animals flee before the onslaught.

It is not just that he has managed to survive the Clintons' crude onslaught with grace.

During the day, our skin cells are battling against an onslaught of stressors, such as UV rays and pollution.

Meanwhile, there is a risk that the onslaught on Mr Brown inspires a kind of sympathy with the prime minister.

The politician made a violent onslaught on the government's policies.

This tactic is the simple head on onslaught that is specialized for huge battles and specifically "base buster" roles.

Can Asia's banks withstand the onslaught?

Hewlett can't escape the onslaught of bad news.

Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer brand names that can withstand the onslaught of excess capacity.

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the constant onslaught of ads on TV.

I can understand why some developing countries are being taken by surprise by the onslaught of these diseases.

The Economist Nov. 16, 2008 George Bush insisted on G20 gathering, in part to dilute the European onslaught.

There is an urgent need to have a workforce that is proficient in the language in view of the information technology onslaught.

Groan at the amount of work I have to do before the onslaught of meetings in the afternoon.

Its Lebanese proxy, Hizbullah, survived Israel's military onslaught last year with greater prestige.

The denizens of Azeroth are thus preparing not only to battle each other, but also to face the inevitable onslaught of the Burning Legion.

He can call an attack from the future to strike his foes, making his onslaught more deadly.

Underground sabotage was a contributory factor in the German retreat before the Allied onslaught

Life is a sequence of moments of enjoyment; not only just a onslaught surviving;

the eventual goal of beijing ' s onslaught is still unclear

Capital faces onslaught from south, east and west as rebel commanders say they have made significant advances

Yet the drug giants currently face an unprecedented onslaught of class-action lawsuits and public scrutiny;

The numeric onslaught was hard for people to understand

onslaught of the international financial crisis

The Global Times also suggests another reason for this sudden onslaught of dustiness

The Indian Onslaught: Changing Power Dynamics in Sino-Indian Relations

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Israel's rightward drift and its brutal onslaught on Gaza in 2009;

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faced an onslaught by the government forces

At the same time an onslaught was launched