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blitz
[ blits ]
/ blɪts /
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noun
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.
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Origin of blitz
First recorded in 1935–40; shortening of blitzkrieg
OTHER WORDS FROM blitz
blitzer, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH blitz
blintze, blitzWords nearby blitz
blithe, blithely, blithering, blithesome, B.Litt., blitz, blitzed, blitzkrieg, Blitzstein, blivit, Blixen
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How to use blitz in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for blitz (1 of 2)
blitz
/ (blɪts) /
noun
a violent and sustained attack, esp with intensive aerial bombardment
any sudden intensive attack or concerted effortan advertising blitz; a drink-driving blitz
American football a defensive charge on the quarterback
verb
(tr) to attack suddenly and intensively
Word Origin for blitz
C20: shortened from German Blitzkrieg lightning war
British Dictionary definitions for blitz (2 of 2)
Blitz
/ (blɪts) /
noun
the Blitz the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
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