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ONSET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Example:
the attack began at dawn
Synonyms:
attack; onrush; onset; onslaught
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("onset" is a kind of...):
military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))
Meronyms (parts of "onset"):
assault (close fighting during the culmination of a military attack)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "onset"):
ground attack (an attack by ground troops)
charge (an impetuous rush toward someone or something)
banzai attack; banzai charge (a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of 'banzai')
diversion; diversionary attack (an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack)
incursion; penetration (an attack that penetrates into enemy territory)
blitz; blitzkrieg (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)
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.)
bombardment; bombing (an attack by dropping bombs)
fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)
strafe (an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane)
coup de main; surprise attack (an attack without warning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The beginning or early stages
Example:
the onset of pneumonia
Synonyms:
oncoming; onset
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("onset" is a kind of...):
start (the beginning of anything)
Context examples:
While such a strategy would likely not replace life-saving, emergency epinephrine when anaphylaxis occurs, therapies targeting Tfh13 cells might prevent the onset of anaphylaxis when an allergic person is exposed to an allergen.
(Scientists discover immune cell subtype in mice that drives allergic reactions, National Institutes of Health)
Certain allelic variants of the BRCA2 gene are associated with early-onset breast cancer, prostate cancer and Fanconi anemia.
(BRCA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Intense increases in pain that occur with rapid onset even when pain-control medication is being used.
(Breakthrough pain, NCI Dictionary)
Anything, such as drug administration or lifestyle changes, designed to inhibit the onset of breast cancer.
(Breast Cancer Prevention, NCI Thesaurus)
The oncogenic product VPAC1 is overexpressed in a variety of cancer cell types, moreover, it is overexpressed in 100% of breast tumors at the onset of the cancer.
(Copper Cu 64 TP3805, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually leads to death within a year from the onset of the disease.
(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs usually include tingling or numbness with onset in middle-age.
(Acroparesthesia Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with dystonia juvenile-onset and Baraitser-Winter syndrome type 1.
(ACTB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Having a severe and rapid onset of symptoms with short duration.
(Acute, NCI Thesaurus)
A common marker of vitamin D status—serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D —was measured at baseline (the onset of symptoms) and 6, 12, and 24 months later.
(Vitamin D Levels Predict Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)
