onset : English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

onset : sinugdan (n.)

Glosses: (~ related words)

onset
n. (event)	1. oncoming, onset	the beginning or early stages.; "the onset of pneumonia"
	~ start	the beginning of anything.; "it was off to a good start"
n. (act)	2. attack, onrush, onset, onslaught	(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons).; "the attack began at dawn"
	~ military operation, operation	activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign).; "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
	~ ground attack	an attack by ground troops.
	~ assault	close fighting during the culmination of a military attack.
	~ charge	an impetuous rush toward someone or something.; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
	~ banzai attack, banzai charge	a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'.
	~ diversionary attack, diversion	an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack.
	~ penetration, incursion	an attack that penetrates into enemy territory.
	~ blitzkrieg, blitz	a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment.
	~ strike	an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective.; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"
	~ counterattack, countermove	an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc..
	~ bombing, bombardment	an attack by dropping bombs.
	~ firing, fire	the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy.; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
	~ strafe	an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane.; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"
	~ coup de main, surprise attack	an attack without warning.
	~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine	the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"