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The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Baedeker raids
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of blitz chess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: charge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To perform a blitz.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
Synonyms: zhoosh
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To do something quickly or in one session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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Synonyms: hurry, zoom, fly, scramble, get a move on, hasten, haul, hurtle, bustle, haul ass, haul one's ashes, hie, hump it, hustle, make haste, make tracks, move it, rattle one's hocks, rush, scream, shift, skedaddle, swap, speed, zip
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blitzkrieg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
noun
(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: safety blitz, linebacker blitzing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, play
verb
attack suddenly and without warning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attack, assail
History
Specific use of blitz. The Blitz was in truth not a blitzkrieg, which is a rapid ground offensive based on superior tank forces. However, the word was current at the time for the successful German campaigns in Poland and France, and was transferred to the attacks on Britain, perhaps by association of Blitz (“lightning”) with the bombings.
Clipping of blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
