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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
The Bazballers are the sort of team capable of bouncing back from the pounding in Perth with a blitz of Brisbane.
It’s OK to throw some blitz packages at the opposing QBs every now and then.
The governor then went on a media blitz, telling several different outlets, including CNN, that the redraw was because of these constitutional concerns.
International Business Machines is continuing its quantum-computing blitz, this time with a new Cisco Systems partnership.
But as one minister remarked of the news blitzes before budgets: "it's not always as clever as it looks."
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