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Definitionn. the beginning or early stages
Last update: February 29, 2016
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However, 4 months after onset, leukemic blasts were detected in cerebrospinal fluid. [noun]
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At the very onset of his speech he started off in a fiery manner. [noun]
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The onset of chaos is often studied by bifurcation theory. [noun]
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The Delawares broke into the cover with the ferocity of their natures and swept away every trace of resistance by the fury of the onset. [noun]
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The onset and the issue were like the passage and destruction of a whirlwind. [noun]
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The Romans were evidently hesitating to attack it, and if, next morning, the heathen should succeed in repelling the first onset, reinforcements might yet be brought up in time. [noun]
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Encouraged by this slight advantage, the impetuous young man continued his onset, and sprang upon his enemy with naked hands. [noun]
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The monks now prepared to meet the onset of the young enthusiasts who were fighting for freedom of thought and enquiry, for Art and Beauty. [noun]
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Before the onset, the young Lysander raised his hands imploringly to the gods, crying: 'For my father, my honor, and the glory of Sparta.' [noun]
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To the shock of his first dismay succeeded the onset of rage, white and cold and deadly as a night frost. [noun]
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Like sheep they huddled at his sight, and like sheep his onset scattered them. [noun]
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