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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 Word Forms
- ٳİ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of blitz1
Word History and Origins
Origin of blitz1
Example Sentences
They doubled him and blitzed him, forcing the big center into a passer.
Expect the Clippers to double team him from different areas on the court, to blitz him and to throw different bodies at him.
Sometimes teams will blitz multiple players at him to force pass.
The trouble began last summer during the decidedly chilly press blitz for the much-anticipated Colleen Hoover adaptation of her best-selling novel.
And she called on the chancellor to get behind her party's campaign for a new "Made in Britain" logo for consumer products backed by an advertising blitz.
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