Blitz

Quick meaning: Blitz is a noun meaning (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.

Meaning

(countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
2. (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
3. (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.
4. (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
5. (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
6. (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
7. (fishing) An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.

Example Sentences

We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.

He [Yoshihide Suga] seems to be counting on a media blitz with feel-good effects around the Games to improve his sagging popularity.

As well as its revamped search bar, Google unveiled a blitz of other innovations that point to the longer-term evolution of the product.

So the question remains — what to do with ignorance, which I must presume is deliberate, as in this media-blitzed era it is not possible to be truly ignorant after age 12.

Word Forms

• blitzes
• blitzing
• blitzed

Synonyms for blitz

Depending on context, synonyms include charge, zhoosh, hurry, zoom, fly, scramble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include attack, assault, raid, invade, demolition, clearance.

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