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When 'a lot' stops cutting it and physics starts getting involved.
means A fierce, overwhelming attack or rush of something, coming so fast and heavy there's barely time to brace for it.
from From Dutch 'aanslag,' meaning a strike or attack (from 'aan' meaning 'on' and 'slag' meaning 'blow' or 'strike,' related to English 'slay'). English borrowed it in the 1500s–1600s, likely via military contexts, and reshaped the ending to echo 'slaughter' — a bit of folk-etymology drift that just made the word hit harder than its tidy Dutch original.
- origin
- from middle dutch for a heavy blow or strike
- implies
- too many, too fast, no mercy
- usage tell
- always singular, never 'onslaughts' of calm
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