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blitz
[blits]
noun
Military.
an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support.
an intensive aerial bombing.
any swift, vigorous attack, barrage, or defeat.
a blitz of commercials every few minutes.
Football., act or instance of charging directly for (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped; red-dogging.
verb (used with object)
to attack or defeat with or as if with a blitz.
The town was blitzed mercilessly by enemy planes. The visitors really blitzed the home team.
to destroy; demolish.
His last-minute refusal blitzed all our plans.
verb (used without object)
Football., to charge directly and immediately at the passer; red-dog.
to move in the manner of a blitz.
a car that will blitz through rough terrain.
blitz
1/ blɪts /
noun
a violent and sustained attack, esp with intensive aerial bombardment
any sudden intensive attack or concerted effort
an advertising blitz
a drink-driving blitz
American football a defensive charge on the quarterback
verb
(tr) to attack suddenly and intensively
Blitz
2/ blɪts /
noun
the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
Other Word Forms
- blitzer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of blitz1
Word History and Origins
Origin of blitz1
Example Sentences
For a young quarterback, at 25, he's got a lot of poise in the pocket and isn't really fazed by the blitz.
But there's been a concerted effort over the last few days here at the Conservative Party conference to give the party something to talk about, in other words: a blitz of policy.
The party has decided to embark on a blitz of policy announcements, after a year in which they have endured a recession in attention amid the boom in interest in Reform.
The president says his broader blitz of action is necessary, and urgent.
The blitz by Germany’s Luftwaffe took more than 43,500 civilian lives in Britain.
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