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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Only Tom Brady (131.4), Matt Ryan (120.4), Drew Brees (107) and Dak Prescott (106.6) had higher ratings against the blitz.
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Clinton can’t help but drive people to extremes and her week-long publicity blitz unsurprisingly did exactly that.
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The Saints also had a pair of successful blitzes from Damian Swann and Therezie Robinson.
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His win—with 38% of the vote, nearly double his nearest rival—was fueled by strong support from African-American voters and a $1.5 million ad blitz from billionaire investor George Soros.
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After attending a series of grim boarding schools in England, Mr. Horne came to the United States in 1940 to escape the German bombing blitz of his homeland.
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Cleveland's best defense is the blitz, a scheme that bothered Indiana, Toronto and Boston.
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Woodhead, who tied for the lead among NFL running backs in receptions two years ago and has plenty of experience in blitz pickup, figures to assume some of Juszczyk’s responsibilities.
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Thanks to a social media blitz spanning from Twitter to Facebook to Tumblr and everything in between, a number of suitable donors have been identified during the two-month campaign.
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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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