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blitz
(blĭts)n.
1.
a. A blitzkrieg.
b. A heavy aerial bombardment.
2. An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters.
3. Football A sudden charge upon the quarterback by one or more of the linebackers or defensive backs when the ball is snapped. Also called red-dog.
v. blitzed, blitz·ing, blitz·es
v.tr.
1. To subject to a blitz.
2. Football To rush (the quarterback) in a blitz.
v.intr. Football
To carry out a blitz.
[Short for blitzkrieg.]
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blitz
(blɪts)n
1. (Military) 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. (Soccer) American football a defensive charge on the quarterback
4. (Rugby) American football a defensive charge on the quarterback
vb
(tr) to attack suddenly and intensively
[C20: shortened from German Blitzkrieg lightning war]
Blitz
(blɪts)n
(Historical Terms) the Blitz the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
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blitz
(blɪts)n.
1. a sudden, swift, and overwhelming military attack, usu. using tanks and aerial bombardment.
2. the Blitz, the intensive aerial bombing of British cities by the Germans in 1940–41.
3. any swift, vigorous attack, barrage, or defeat.
4. Football. a direct charge upon the passer as soon as the ball is snapped.
5. a shutout in gin rummy.
v.t. 6. to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with a blitz.
7. Football. to charge (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped.
[1935–40; shortening of blitzkrieg]
blitz′er, n.
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blitz
Past participle: blitzed
Gerund: blitzing
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blitz
1. An aerial campaign with heavy bombardment. Applied particularly to German bombings of Warsaw and London.
2. Rush by additional defenders to tackle the opposing quarterback before he can get rid of the ball.
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| Noun | 1. |  blitz - (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive lineAmerican football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
| 2. |  blitz - a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardmentattack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | |
| Verb | 1. |  blitz - attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland" |
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blitz
noun
1. attack, strike, assault, raid, offensive, onslaught, bombardment, bombing campaign, blitzkrieg Security forces are active since the bombing blitz last month.
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Translations
حَرْبٌ خاطِفَةٌيَشِنُّ هُجوما خاطِفا
bleskově zaútočitbleskový útokbombardovat
føre lynkrig modlynkrig
villámháború
gera loftsprengjuárás áleifturstríî
staigiai pultistaigus puolimas
negaidot uzbruktzibenskarš
prudký útok
hava hücumuhava saldırısıhava saldırısı yapmak
blitz
[blɪts]A. N
B. VT (Mil) → bombardear
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blitz
[ˈblɪts] n
(= bombing) → bombardement m (aérien)
a media blitz (= campaign) → un bombardement médiatique
to have a blitz on sth (= make an onslaught on) → s'attaquer à qch
a media blitz (= campaign) → un bombardement médiatique
to have a blitz on sth (= make an onslaught on) → s'attaquer à qch
vt [+ city, building] → bombarder
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
blitz
n
→ Blitzkrieg m; (aerial) → Luftangriff m; the Blitz deutscher Luftangriff auf britische Städte 1940-41
vt → heftig bombardieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
blitz
(blits) noun a sudden, vigorous attack, originally in war.
verb to make an attack on (usually in war). They blitzed London during the war.
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