blitzkrieg
noun
blitz·krieg
ˈblits-ˌkrēg 
1
: war conducted with great speed and force
specifically
: a violent surprise offensive by massed air forces and mechanized ground forces in close coordination
2
blitzkrieg
transitive verb
Synonyms
Examples of blitzkrieg in a Sentence
the stunned survivors of the crash were then confronted with a blitzkrieg of insensitive questions from the media
the war began with a blitzkrieg that was designed to shock the enemy into submission
Recent Examples on the Web
Police on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old D.C. high school student and charged him with taking part in the Dec. 17 blitzkrieg of the Chanel store at CityCenterDC, a luxury shopping area near the Penn Quarter neighborhood.
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Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Less than a decade later came the computerized aerial blitzkrieg over Lebanon.
—Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Russia's conventional blitzkrieg was beaten back by Ukrainian guerrillas.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Rolling Stone reported that Trump's team had been planning the endorsement blitzkrieg for more than a month in order to embarrass the Florida governor.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
An annihilation strategy emphasizes using a single event or a rapid series of actions to collapse an enemy’s ability or will to fight, such as occurred with Germany’s six-week blitzkrieg campaign against France in 1940.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
These days, just turning on the television seems to trigger a blitzkrieg of F-bombs.
—Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
These are the latest in Domino’s promotional blitzkrieg of 2023.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
The Nazi blitzkrieg of Poland followed and World War II erupted.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Less than a decade later came the computerized aerial blitzkrieg over Lebanon.
—Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Russia's conventional blitzkrieg was beaten back by Ukrainian guerrillas.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Rolling Stone reported that Trump's team had been planning the endorsement blitzkrieg for more than a month in order to embarrass the Florida governor.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
An annihilation strategy emphasizes using a single event or a rapid series of actions to collapse an enemy’s ability or will to fight, such as occurred with Germany’s six-week blitzkrieg campaign against France in 1940.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
These days, just turning on the television seems to trigger a blitzkrieg of F-bombs.
—Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
These are the latest in Domino’s promotional blitzkrieg of 2023.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
The Nazi blitzkrieg of Poland followed and World War II erupted.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
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German, literally, "lightning war"
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