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   Blitz

   /blits/

   

   noun

   • 1. an intensive or sudden military attack: "a heavy artillery blitz" Similar bombardmentbatterybombingcarpet bombingonslaughtbarragesallyattackassaultraidoffensivestrikeblitzkriegrazzia
   • ▪ the German air raids on Britain in 1940–41.
   • 2. a sudden, energetic, and concerted effort, typically on a specific task: informal "a major press blitz" Similar all-out efforteffortexertionendeavoronslaughtattackpushthrustset-to
   • ▪ a charge of the passer by the defensive linebackers just after the ball is snapped.
   • 3. a form of chess in which moves must be made at very short intervals.

   verb

   • 1. attack or damage (a place or building) in a blitz: "news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed"
   • 2. attack (the passer) in a blitz.

   Word Origin 1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blitzer noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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