Definition of blitz
1a : blitzkrieg 1b (1) : an intensive aerial military campaign (2) : air raid
2a : a fast intensive nonmilitary campaign or attack an advertising blitzb : a rush of the passer by a defensive linebacker, back, or end in football
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Examples of blitz in a Sentence
The company is planning an advertising blitz for the new product.
a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster
Recent Examples of blitz from the Web
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Since Trump’s announcement last month that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate pact, Gore has been on a media blitz to reprise his role as the prophet of planetary doom.
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The tournament featured 9 rounds of rapid chess (25 minutes with a 10-second delay) and 18 rounds of blitz (5 minutes with a 3-second delay).
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The task of giving an intellectual sheen to this facially absurd message has fallen upon Republican health-care adviser Avik Roy, who has sold the Senate bill in an enthusiastic media blitz.
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The arrest came just days after Welter and her team, the Cardinals, kicked off a PR blitz pushing a positive story about her to various television and print news outlets.
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Its leaders say the program, SafeTrack, was a success, making the system significantly less dangerous — and, as riders returning after the blitz ends Sunday will hopefully find, more reliable.
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The ongoing media blitz has not escaped the attention of Trump himself, who has mockingly called McMullin ‘
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In response, there was a legislative blitz by renewable energy advocates in Carson City, the state capital.
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He’s done a good job against the blitz, which is important for a young guy.
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First Known Use of blitz
circa 1939
BLITZ Defined for English Language Learners
blitz
playDefinition of blitz for English Language Learners
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: a military attack in which many bombs are dropped from airplanes
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: a fast and powerful effort
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: a sudden attack or effort to stop or end something
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