strafe vs onslaught

strafe and onslaught both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strafe	Yes	No	Yes	No
onslaught	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, onslaught is a hypernym of strafe; that is, onslaught is a word with a broader meaning than strafe:

strafe: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
onslaught: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

Other hypernyms of strafe include attack, onrush, onset.

strafe (noun)	onslaught (noun)
an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane	(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
	the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
	a sudden and severe onset of trouble

strafe (verb)	onslaught (verb)
attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane