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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/ ɪٲ /
noun
- the Blitzthe systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
blitz
2/ ɪٲ /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٳİ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blitz1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blitz1
Example Sentences
The party is calling on the government to launch an advertising blitz to send a "collective message" that the UK "won't take Trump's tariffs lying down".
It's not a story about the terror of the Holocaust or even the brave Britons who lived through the blitz in England.
Since taking office in January, Trump has announced blitz of new tariffs while also calling for big cuts to taxes, regulation, and government spending.
The blitz on Monday night killed more than 400 people, mostly women and children, local health authorities run by Hamas said.
“Luka obviously causes so much havoc for teams’ defenses that the majority of the time you got to blitz him and then you’re playing four on three,” Austin Reaves said.
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