onslaught - Dictionary definition and meaning for word onslaught
onslaught...divide it like..on+slaught(ER)...SO if you slaughter somebody or something on the spot..YOU ARE FIERCELY ATTCKING THEM.
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it is taken from..on+slaught...is derived from slēan means to strike ..so strike sombody with a knife...means to kill or fiercely atcking.
If u have played unreal 2004 u would know it has a gametype ONSLAUGHT meaning a violent attack
Onslaught of a slaughterer