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- Onset - v. t. - To set about; to begin.
- Onset - n. - A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- Onset - n. - A setting about; a beginning.
- Onset - n. - Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- Onset - v. t. - To assault; to set upon.
- Fraise - v. t. - To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
- Nap-taking - n. - A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.
- Assault - 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 assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
- Charge - v. i. - To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
- Affret - n. - A furious onset or attack.
- Assault - n. - A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
- Attack - v. i. - To make an onset or attack.
- Insult - v. t. - To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
- Charge - v. t. - The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.
- Dash - n. - A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
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