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
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
Most impressive, Purdy beat Robert Saleh’s blitz for a completion to Demarcus Robinson, who has had a stellar start to camp.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
Johnson has struggled in his career to identify stunts and blitzes on the interior.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Sheffield, who produced a would-be sack of Tua Tagovailoa on a cornerback blitz, seemingly has a solid mastery of the defense.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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Cornerback Kendall Sheffield had a sack on a blitz....
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
Most impressive, Purdy beat Robert Saleh’s blitz for a completion to Demarcus Robinson, who has had a stellar start to camp.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
Johnson has struggled in his career to identify stunts and blitzes on the interior.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Sheffield, who produced a would-be sack of Tua Tagovailoa on a cornerback blitz, seemingly has a solid mastery of the defense.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blitz
Noun
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Framber Valdez faced the entire starting nine in a six-run barrage.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
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Brace reacted with a barrage of emails and messages to Elise and Jay Flatland saying the organization was transphobic.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
3 Aug. 2025
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But just this week, BPD arrested two undocumented immigrants caught on camera carrying out a violent attack in Canton.—
WBFF STAFF,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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Education has been under attack in Florida for decades; the dumbing down of our schools and society is notorious.—
Robert Kesten,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Many business leaders craft mission statements to throw onto a wall or a PR campaign, but don’t apply them to everyday decision-making.—
Quang X. Pham,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The campaign says about 45 million children in Pakistan and 11 million in Afghanistan must be vaccinated this year.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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The deputy head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is headed to Iran on Monday, the first visit by an official from the top nuclear watchdog since the United States bombed three of the regime’s nuclear sites in June.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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Just before Folds stepped onstage for his show, his tour manager held up his phone to show him the news: the U.S. had bombed Iran.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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The exec’s comments came after the company made a flurry of ESPN announcements, including a landmark deal with the NFL to swap equity for control of NFL Media assets.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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Since most of the agency’s old guard departed in a flurry of resignations more than a year ago, SANDAG’s new leaders have moved to make many of the outstanding reforms called for by auditors, a new report finds.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Since then, his administration has ramped up immigration raids on businesses, threatened widespread deportation, and canceled temporary legal status for more than a million people living in the United States.—
Alexander Kustov,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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In another instance, troops that went with a federal agency conducting a raid at a cannabis farm in Riverside County formed a security perimeter that prevented people from leaving.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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Although the temperance movement of the 19th and 20th centuries often distorted its meaning by associating it with alcohol abstinence, its component behaviors have stood the test of time.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Unlike Alzheimer's, FTD often causes dramatic personality changes, emotional withdrawal and problems with speech, movement and decision-making.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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While other governments rushed to make concessions in the face of Trump’s tariff onslaught, India has remained defiant.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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University of Virginia President James E. Ryan resigned in June under pressure from the Justice Department over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, reflecting how the government’s premise of combating antisemitism has turned into a broader onslaught.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Blitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blitz. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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