blitz

UK: 'blitz', 'Blitz': /ˈblɪts/ US: /blɪts/ ,(blits)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

blitz /blɪts/   n. 

[countable]
1. Military, World History a sudden, swift, and overwhelming military attack.
2. any swift, vigorous attack or defeat.

v. [~ + object]

3. Military to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with a blitz:
   blitzed all our proposals.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

blitz  (blits), n. 

1. Military
   • Military an overwhelming all-out attack, esp. a swift ground attack using armored units and air support.
   • an intensive aerial bombing.
2. any swift, vigorous attack, barrage, or defeat:
   a blitz of commercials every few minutes.
3. Sport [Football.] act or instance of charging directly for (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped;
   red-dogging.
4. Games bingo.

v.t. 

5. Military 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.
6. to destroy;
   demolish:
   His last-minute refusal blitzed all our plans.

v.i. 

7. Sport [Football.] to charge directly and immediately at the passer;
   red-dog.
8. to move in the manner of a blitz:
   a car that will blitz through rough terrain.

• shortening of blitzkrieg 1935–40

blitz′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

blitz / blɪts/ noun

1. a violent and sustained attack, esp with intensive aerial bombardment
2. any sudden intensive attack or concerted effort: an advertising blitz, a drink-driving blitz
3. a defensive charge on the quarterback

verb

1. (transitive) to attack suddenly and intensively
2. (transitive) to chop or blend (food) with an electric food processor

Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from German Blitzkrieg lightning war

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Blitz / blɪts/ noun

1. the Blitz ⇒ the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe