26984 words

blitz

14 definitions • 10 examples
1
a fast, violent attack on a town, city, etc., usually with bombs dropped from aircraft
2
(in American football) an occasion when players run directly at the opposing quarterback in order to try to stop him throwing the ball
3
a lot of energetic activity:

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4
the situation in which both players have to make a lot of moves in a very short period at the end of a game of chess, before the time allowed is past
5
to attack a town, city, etc. quickly and violently, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft:

Examples:

All around were the shells of blitzed buildings.
6
(in American football ) to run directly at the opposing quarterback in order to try and stop him throwing the ball
7
to mix or cut up food quickly in or with an electric machine or tool:

Examples:

The vegetables can be left in the stock and blitzed with a hand blender.
8
to keep sending or doing something many times over a short period of time:

Examples:

Both campaigns are blitzing the airwaves with ads.
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Examples:

He absolutely blitzed his rivals.
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to make a great effort to improve something or do something that needs to be done:

Examples:

I decided to blitz the housework in one afternoon.
11
the big attacks on British towns made by German aircraft in 1940–1:

Examples:

She was killed in/during the Blitz.
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A blitz is also a big and determined effort to do something, esp. in business:

Examples:

That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.
14
a short period of time during which a company, government, etc. makes a special effort in a particular area of business or economic activity:

Examples:

The legislation is part of a blitz of new climate change bills.

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