1
as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster
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2
as in attack
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
a massive aerial blitz that was supposed to shock and awe the enemy into immediate surrender
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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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Recent Examples of blitz
Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
Toure has seven pressures on 26 blitzes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2025
Too often, when Spagnuolo opts not to blitz, the opposing quarterback ends up with too much time to throw.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
At one point in the third quarter, Daniels scrambled against a blitz, stopped to throw, then retreated again 14 yards behind the line of scrimmage and completed a pass while getting crushed to the ground.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
Toure has seven pressures on 26 blitzes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Dallas Mavericks were blitzed twice by the Wolves in Abu Dhabi, then lost to Real Madrid to open the 2023 preseason.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2025
Too often, when Spagnuolo opts not to blitz, the opposing quarterback ends up with too much time to throw.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blitz
Noun
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The Daily Dividend With the ongoing government shutdown, a Federal Reserve meeting and a barrage of earnings reports, you were bound to miss some headlines this week.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The overnight barrage was the second-largest of the war to date.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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All three nuclear powers have established their own nuclear triad, consisting of ICBMs, submarines armed with ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft, which ensure their forces can survive a first strike and retaliate, thereby deterring a nuclear attack.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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But in the final weeks of the race, both campaigns traded personal attacks.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Large donors, including former mayor Michael Bloomberg, have contributed to Cuomo’s campaign in an effort to stymie Mamdani’s run.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sliwa’s spokesperson, Maria Sliwa, who is also his sister, tried to add me to the campaign’s press list, but told me her e-mail program can’t send messages to New Yorker addresses.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Residents have been forced to eat animal food and hides as community kitchens are bombed.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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An art conservator who'd prefer to be immersed in detail work, Sarah is bombing as the host of a dinner party where her entrepreneur husband (Tom Riley) hopes to impress an obnoxious prospective investor (Tom Goodman-Hill) when a literal explosive goes off in her neighborhood.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Trump has engineered a flurry of trade deals with other Asian countries and Australia over the past week to supply the US with rare earth minerals, which are critical for batteries and clean energy hardware as well as sectors more important to Trump, including weapons and AI chips.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The hoax interview has generated a flurry of press reports on both sides of the Atlantic, including in The New York Post, which is also owned by Murdoch.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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He was sentenced to 17 years for armed kidnapping and 17 years for armed burglary with assault or battery.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tools can track a worker’s every keystroke and mouse movement and analyze his or her emails.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Thank you to those so often forgotten by the politics of our city who made this movement their own.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the towns and cities nearest to the nuclear plant have found themselves under relentless bombardment from Russian artillery, missiles, and combat drones.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The reactor vessel, where atoms are split, is made of specialized steel up to 10 inches thick that must withstand bombardment by radiation for decades.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Blitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blitz. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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