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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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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
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Six Sex never ignores the horrors, but uses them as fuel for a debut that unfurls as a freewheeling post-porno blitz.
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E.r. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
11 June 2026
Mike Defabo,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Start the four together in a blender so the mint is properly blitzed.
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Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
10 June 2026
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Noun
During a 2023 blitz, students discovered a completely new species of jumping spider, and then promptly found thirty more individuals from the same species across campus.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Six Sex never ignores the horrors, but uses them as fuel for a debut that unfurls as a freewheeling post-porno blitz.
—
E.r. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
11 June 2026
Verb
Graham is updating the defense by installing some different front structures, blitzes, coverages and other schematics.
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Mike Defabo,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Start the four together in a blender so the mint is properly blitzed.
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Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blitz
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Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage.
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Beneath its gleeful barrage of kink, karaoke, and absurdist comedy lies a sharp satire of exclusion, identity, and liberation within contemporary Queer culture.
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The British Army also provided protection from attacks by Native American tribes, giving many settlers little reason to support a rebellion.
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Twice in recent days, the United States has launched retaliatory strikes on Iran following drone attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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It was repaired and flew Trump during his 2024 campaign to retake the White House.
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Illapa Sairitupac, Democratic New York State assembly candidate, from left, Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, and Brad Lander, former New York City comptroller and US Democratic House candidate for New York, campaign during a primary election in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
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After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
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There is a bond there that is strong enough, that overwhelming loneliness is bombed.
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June was a frenetic month for the metro Atlanta restaurant scene, driven in part by a flurry of downtown openings timed to the beginning of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Trump took in tens of millions of dollars in fees from a flurry of new hotel, resort and condo deals overseas that amounts to the biggest property expansion ever in the century since the family business was founded.
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Indeed, the administration’s assault on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act intensifies the damage.
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Williams had an extraditable warrant out of Suffolk County, New York, on multiple charges including burglary, strangulation and assault.
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Officials say the data collected helps solve and deter crime by, for example, allowing law enforcement to track a criminal’s movements.
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In the years since, the bird, affectionately dubbed Pinky, has inspired a movement.
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Positioned in a valley in the highlands of eastern Ukraine, Kramatorsk and neighboring Sloviansk came under heavy aerial bombardment after the full-scale invasion of 2022, but became an oasis of sorts for Ukrainian troops as fire moved elsewhere.
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Israel responded with a blistering aerial bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion.
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“Blitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blitz. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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