单词 | onset |
释义 | onset (once / 1840 pages) 1n 2n When something is at its onset, it's at the beginning, just getting started, and it's often something that's not so pleasant. The onset of hurricane season is probably not the best time to visit the beach. If you catch an infection right at the onset and treat it immediately, the infection may not last so long. You can also have an early onset of something, and that usually means something you'd rather not have at all, as with early-onset Alzheimer's, a disease that usually appears after age 65. If you begin showing signs of the disease at a younger age than usual, you're said to have early-onset Alzheimer's. WORD FAMILYonset: onsets USAGE EXAMPLESHer coaching and her life were cut short by early onset dementia. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Camp morale is high, he added, despite the onset of winter. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) I started to experience the onset of the medication, and things really got interesting. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) 1 n the beginning or early stages 2the onset of pneumonia Syn|Hyper oncoming start the beginning of anything n (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper attack, onrush, onslaught September 11 the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs ground attack an attack by ground troops chargean impetuous rush toward someone or something banzai attack, banzai chargea mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' diversion, diversionary attackan attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack incursion, penetrationan attack that penetrates into enemy territory blitz, blitzkriega swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment strikean attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective counterattack, countermovean attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. bombardment, bombingan attack by dropping bombs fire, firingthe act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy strafean attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane coup de main, surprise attackan attack without warning diversionary landingan amphibious diversionary attack counterchargea retaliatory charge interpenetrationthe action of penetrating between or among breakthrougha penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense invasionthe act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder infiltrationa process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) foray, maraud, raida sudden short attack first strikethe initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate surgical strikean attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target preventive attack, preventive strikea strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces bombing runthat part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs area bombing, carpet bombing, saturation bombingan extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target antiaircraft firefiring at enemy aircraft barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shellingthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target broadsidethe simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship burst, fusillade, salvo, volleyrapid simultaneous discharge of firearms call firefire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit cover, covering firefire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations concentrated fire, massed firefire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships) counterfirefire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons counterpreparation fireintensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered crossfirefire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross destruction firefire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects direct firefire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it distributed firefire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target fratricide, friendly firefire that injures or kills an ally hostile firefire that injures or kills an enemy grazing firefire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground harassing firefire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale indirect firefire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons interdiction firefire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area neutralization firefire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable observed firefire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations preparation firefire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault radar firegunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar registration firefire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets scheduled fireprearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time searching firefire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun supporting firefire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat suppressive firefire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives unobserved firefire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed artillery fire, cannon firefire delivered by artillery riposte(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge terrorist attacka surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait, trapthe act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise pre-emptive strikea surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you military operation, operation activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
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