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noun

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1
as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once the stunned survivors of the crash were then confronted with a blitzkrieg of insensitive questions from the media

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as in attack
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence the war began with a blitzkrieg that was designed to shock the enemy into submission

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blitzkrieg

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verb

as in to bomb
to use bombs or artillery against the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered

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Noun
The collaborative troupe—made up of parts of Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and German-Iraqi producer Boys Noize—effectively shook up the desert with their sonic blitzkrieg that reinterpreted NIN’s songbook into a hyper-electronic fever dream. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026 That happened following last fall’s immigration blitzkrieg in the region. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 Miller’s biggest miscalculation was thinking opponents would be frightened into submission and silence with his deportation blitzkrieg and ordinary Americans would join in. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 In a repeat of the blitzkriegs that won Mexico and Peru for Spain, the Iberian conquistadors march north to Beijing, in some scenarios aided by Japanese auxiliaries. — Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blitzkrieg
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  1. barrage
  2. attack
  3. bomb
  4. flurry
  5. assault
  6. blitz
  7. bombardment
  8. onslaught
Noun
  • This was studied New Zealand, Tasmania and some parts of South America where modelling to be least affected by a nuclear winter and unlikely to suffer direct hits in a nuclear barrage.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as did the ongoing search for people missing beneath rubble after a deadly airstrike in southern Ukraine on Monday.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of barrage
Noun
  • The Hope spent much of its time ferrying sailors and the wounded from other ships or ports to military hospitals, and like the Comfort, it too was attacked multiple times, though each attack failed, usually just missing the ship.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Following the Halle synagogue attack, Germany provided 22 million euros in special federal funding for physical and technical security at Jewish sites.
    — Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of attack
Verb
  • Efforts to rescue people Monday evening were hindered as Russian drones launched additional attacks in the area that had been bombed, according to Mykhailo Semikin, a military official in Zaporizhzhia.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The technology has already been used to bomb elementary school students, scam seniors, and drive dozens of vulnerable users to suicide.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of bomb
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  • Light flurries to 2 inches possible down to 5000 feet with higher accumulations remaining above 6000 feet.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Especially since the big frame of the show’s director, Robert Falls, had just exited the theater, a flurry visible in the corner of my eye.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
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  • Chinatown resident Matt Booth, who lives and works less than two blocks from where the alleged assault occurred, said he was shocked by the video.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The woman, a massage therapist who Goldsmith hired to work on Brand at her house, accused the actor of physical assault in 2014.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of assault
Verb
  • The Bears blitz a linebacker, the nickel corner or a safety from all sorts of exotic looks on third down.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Evero blitzed more than almost any defensive coordinator in football, so Wash’s philosophy on how many extra rushers to send will be a key component of Sunday’s game.
    — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of blitz
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  • It is named after Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold that Israel largely decimated in heavy bombardment in 2006.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The bombardment heats the fuel toward the extreme temperatures required for commercial fusion.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of bombardment
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  • But the investigative onslaught is also a source of tension for Democrats, with many warning that delivering on their central promise to voters -- actions to lower the cost of living -- must take precedence.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The United Nations and international rights groups say these acts also amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in Darfur, which has been facing a bitter onslaught by the RSF.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
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