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as in campaign
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal an all-out advertising blitz to promote the new soft drink

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blitz

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verb

as in to bomb
to use bombs or artillery against in 1940 and 1941 the German air force blitzed London night after horrible night

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Recent Examples of blitz
Noun
Vice President Kamala Harris just kicked off a blitz run for the White House after a shock switch-up. Patrick Kulp, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 OpenAI just announced an AI chip agreement with AMD, the latest in a recent blitz of infrastructure deals that includes pacts with Nvidia and Oracle. Ashley Capoot,kif Leswing, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
That’s three all-out blitzes on the final four snaps. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Guo set off from the Mexican border on April 21, blitzing through the heat of New Mexico to arrive at the high-elevation San Juans of southwest Colorado in mid-May, when they were still covered in snow. David Gleisner, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blitz
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blitz
Noun
  • Recent barrages of Russian missiles and drones have seriously damaged Ukrainian gas production and caused extensive power cuts across the country.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Attacking a maternity hospital with a barrage of tear gas, after protesters had been chased inside.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Islamists were seen as complicit in India’s worst plane hijack in 1999 and the 2008 attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, which killed several Indian citizens, including two senior diplomats.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Shannon will man larger perimeter players, but not necessarily the point of attack as often.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Social Security Administration will continue to issue retirement and disability benefits, but will furlough 12% of its staff and pause marketing campaigns, according to the agency’s shutdown plan.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Aghion helped shape French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic program during his 2017 election campaign.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ukraine bombs Russian energy infrastructure to defend civilians and destroy the Kremlin war machine.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and a market in the country's east.
    NPR, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Al-Sheikh’s message sparked a flurry of speculation in the following 48 hours over possible suitors, although the club have remained silent on the subject.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Light flurries may arrive unexpectedly during the week of Thanksgiving, but as of right now, things look pretty calm.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What about the argument that ICE raids will create jobs for American workers?
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Zion Church was subject to an earlier raid and shutdown in 2018, during a previous crackdown on independent churches.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The group published their ideas, known early on as neoplasticism (Nieuwe Beelding), through the magazine De Stijl, whose title eventually became the popular name of their movement.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This movement helps address tightness in the upper back.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Astronauts traveling to Mars will have to survive for months on a tiny spaceship with minimal food, endure microgravity where their bones and muscles waste away, and suffer from cosmic radiation bombardment.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But the Russian leader hasn’t shown any interest in meeting with Zelenskyy and Moscow has only intensified its bombardment of Ukraine.
    Chris Megerian, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Blitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blitz. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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