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blitz

/blɪts/noun, verb1 syllable

Blitz means: (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line.

Synonyms for blitz15

noun, as in (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line

safety blitz, linebacker blitzing

noun, as in a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

blitzkrieg

also used for blitz

charge, zhoosh, hurry, zoom, fly, scramble, get a move on, hasten, haul, hurtle, bustle, haul ass

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What does blitz mean?3

noun

1

(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line

2

a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

verb

1

attack suddenly and without warning“Hitler blitzed Poland”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with blitz?22

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Blitz in a sentence

  • The company is planning an advertising blitz for the new product.IMer
  • A multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster has begun.IMer
  • They all moved to Algiers to start a new life of blitz and glamor.Amastan
  • The police are having a blitz on drink driving, hooliganism and hoon driving this weekend.patgfisher
  • The US led a blitz campaign against Iraq.Amastan

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Forms of blitz

as a noun

plural
blitzes

as a verb

past tense
blitzed
present participle
blitzing
third-person singular
blitzes
past participle
blitzed