blitzing

verb

present participle of blitz
as in bombing
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 blitzing The Spurs accrued a 10-point lead at that point, blitzing the Knicks with the type of pressure expected from a team that was a loss away from an offseason filled with sadness. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Despite blitzing their way to the league title and Carabao Cup thanks to an incredible 21-game winning run, and reaching the Champions League final, at least five senior players wanted to leave the club that summer, for one reason or another. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Once Brink got in foul trouble, the Aces could continue blitzing Ogwumike and Dearica Hamby (12 points, five rebounds) without worry. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 The Chiefs have been unable to generate pressure without blitzing for a half-decade, instead relying on Steve Spagnuolo’s creativity in designing blitzes to get in the backfield. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026 With Green draped all over him, spearheading the Warriors’ blitzing defensive attack, Leonard was held scoreless for the first 11 minutes and 43 seconds of the fourth quarter, even as the Clippers force-fed him the ball down the stretch. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 Edwards has seen a blitzing Jokic in pick and roll coverage thousands of times. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026 Fooda is blitzing transportation stations across the city with outdoor messages touting the benefits of bringing lunch from Chicago restaurants such as Beatrix Market, Lexington Betty Smokehouse and Happy Lobster to the office. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 The Penguins strengthened their hold on second in the Metropolitan Division by blitzing the Panthers during the first half of the second period, pouring in four goals in less than 10 minutes. — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blitzing
  1. bombing
  2. attacking
  3. battering
  4. bombarding
Verb
  • In 2003, Libya formally took responsibility for bombing Pan Am 103.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • The meeting came after nearly two weeks of the United States bombing Iran, with Tehran striking back against allies in the region, including a hit on a military base in Jordan that killed three American service members.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of bombing
Verb
  • Iran has bombarded several of its neighbors’ data centers, and the United States responded by attacking one of Iran’s.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s in stark contrast to their arachnid cousins, spiders, whose females that tend to be violent, attacking and eating the males.
    — Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of attacking
Verb
  • Its forces are battering Iran’s coast – military installations, bridges, airports, port facilities – to neutralise the Iranian military’s hold on the strait.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 July 2026
  • Because of battering wind shear, the convective storms typical of the center of a cyclone are in a band over the Gulf to Bertha's south and southeast.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of battering
Verb
  • That was left to the local alternative outlets, who'd start bombarding everyone at our paper to find out who was let go.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Peter Kollanyi / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to get chatbots to repeat Kremlin talking points, senior European officials say, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections over efforts to silently influence voters.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Definition of bombarding

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