meaning of onset
1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
2. A setting about; a beginning.
3. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
4. To assault; to set upon.
5. To set about; to begin.
6. military an offensive against an enemy using weapons; "the attack began at
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