plural blitzes
1
b(1)
: an intensive aerial military campaign
(2)
: air raid
2
a
: a fast intensive nonmilitary campaign or attack
an advertising blitz
b
: a rush of the passer by a defensive linebacker, back, or end in football
3
: 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
Gene Bourque
blitz
verb
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 on the Web
The launch caps a three-day hardware blitz that has already seen refreshes to the iPhone 17e, iPad Air, and the entire MacBook Pro line.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
In a sign of the broadening interest in zoning reform, Mikula was able to raise the money necessary for a blitz of signature-gathering in late 2025.
—Salim Furth, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
That figure, however, was skewed substantially by Musk’s late-game spending blitz and, without him, the numbers look closer to 50-50.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The leveling off of complaints was due in part by a county informational blitz to landlords and online aggregators such as Zillow and Redfin, said Rafael Carbajal, DBCA director, in an interview on Tuesday.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
In a sign of the broadening interest in zoning reform, Mikula was able to raise the money necessary for a blitz of signature-gathering in late 2025.
—Salim Furth, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
That figure, however, was skewed substantially by Musk’s late-game spending blitz and, without him, the numbers look closer to 50-50.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The leveling off of complaints was due in part by a county informational blitz to landlords and online aggregators such as Zillow and Redfin, said Rafael Carbajal, DBCA director, in an interview on Tuesday.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Blitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blitz. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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