#wordoftheweek Onset /ˈɔnˌsɛt/ (noun) A rushing or | I Heart English

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Onset
/ˈɔnˌsɛt/
(noun)
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
"the onset of pneumonia"; "the onset began at dawn"

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