Topic: MILITARY
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| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | blitzkrieg |
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blitz
[countable usually singular]
[countable usually singular]1PM a sudden military attack, especially from the air
the Blitz (=the bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941)
2 informal a period of great effort in order to deal with something quickly and completely
3 a big effort to make people notice something or buy something
a media/marketing/advertising etc blitz The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.
The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. —blitz verb [transitive] News came that Rotterdam had been blitzed.
News came that Rotterdam had been blitzed.