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blitz

/blɪts/

noun
- 1. an intensive or sudden military attack: "a heavy artillery blitz" Similar bombardmentbatterybombingcarpet bombingonslaughtbarragesallyattackassaultraidoffensivestrikeblitzkriegrazzia
- ▪ the German air raids on Britain in 1940–1.
- 2. a sudden concerted effort to deal with something: informal "Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning" Similar all-out efforteffortexertionendeavouronslaughtattackpushthrustset-to
- ▪ a play in which one or more defensive backs charge the quarterback of the opposing team.
- 3. another term for lightning chess
verb
- 1. attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz: "news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed"
- 2. process (food) in an electric mixing machine: "add the eggs and blitz the mixture until it becomes granular"
- 3. charge (the opposing team's quarterback) in a blitz.
Word Origin 1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg.
Derivatives
- 1. blitzer noun
Scrabble Points: 16
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