blitz

noun

ˈblits

plural blitzes

Synonyms of blitz next

: blitzkrieg sense 1

b(1)

: an intensive aerial military campaign

(2)

: air raid

: a fast intensive nonmilitary campaign or attack

an advertising blitz

: a rush of the passer by a defensive linebacker, back, or end in football

: an occurrence in which large numbers of fish gather to chase and feed on prey or bait

At Race Point there was an amazing blitz as stripers and blues pushed Atlantic needlefish ashore.—

Gene Bourque

blitz verb

Example Sentences

The company is planning an advertising blitz for the new product. a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster

Recent Examples on the Web Ron DeSantis was making a four-stop blitz through Iowa during his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday, aiming for a personal connection with voters while intensifying his criticism of former president Donald Trump. —

BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023 Advertisement The Aztecs roared through the rugged Los Angeles Regional with a six-game blitz dating to the Mountain West tournament. —

Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023 Central to the advertising offensive was the American Accountability Foundation, which produced an advertising blitz assailing the nominee on Facebook, as well as in newspapers and on billboards. —

Trenton Daniel, Fortune, 8 May 2023 Hard chargers will find that the XT gets difficult in all-out canyon-road blitzes. —

Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023 Biden has begun holding events to highlight popular components of his agenda that got left on the cutting room floor during the Democrats’ legislative blitz over the last two years. —

Steve Peoples And Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023 Thao, who vowed a hiring blitz at City Hall to fill vacancies, was forced to contend with a gaping $360 million two-year shortfall in the city’s general purpose fund, which pays for police, fire and other city services. —

Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2023 The endorsements have set off a lobbying blitz by DeSantis, who is reportedly making calls to lawmakers to tamp down future announcements for Trump. —

David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2023 Instead, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday imposed another hike, extending a yearlong blitz of rate increases that risks further banking woes and squeezes a different group: consumers in need of a loan. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2023 See More

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