BLITZKRIEG Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈblits-ˌkrēg

Definition of blitzkrieg

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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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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Noun

So, there’s a barrage of testing that is mandatory by the NFL and the NFLPA, and that has to happen before players can use the field.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
To top it off, iconic moves like the drill claw and berserker barrage are trapped behind individual cooldown meters.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of barrage

Noun

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Tuesday that Russian strikes on Kyiv had killed one person and wounded seven other people since the start of the day, with attacks carried out on the capital's gas stations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
The number of products deployed or dollars spent says little about an organization’s ability to withstand an attack.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of attack

Verb

In 2025, American and Israeli forces had bombed Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities, which Western leaders said were engaged in a decades-long drive to develop a nuclear weapon.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Colonizers call it voluntary emigration, but there is nothing voluntary about fleeing after your home has been bombed, your fields poisoned, your water cut off and your child buried.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bomb

Noun

After a flurry of fall festival activity in Venice and Telluride, the curtain is coming down on another year at TIFF.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
But a flurry of new contracts in 2026 has two more coaches on par with Reid and another pair knocking at the door of $20 million, based on a half-dozen conversations with those familiar with NFL coaching contracts.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of flurry

Noun

Deputies arrested Asher on suspicion of assault with a firearm and battery causing great bodily harm and booked him into Siskiyou County Jail.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Independent Russian media regularly report about returning veterans involved in assaults, drunken brawls and even killings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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Advertisement The Houthis previously disrupted shipping in 2024, in response to Israel’s occupation and bombardment of Gaza, and made a global impact.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Iran had already become far more heavily controlled after the January uprising, and once the war broke out in February, the bombardments made the situation become nearly impossible.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombardment

Noun

Meanwhile, Houthi rebels in Yemen, also supported by Tehran, have increased their onslaught against southern targets, seizing strategic islands in the Bab el-Mandeb waterway.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The onslaught effectively forced the container shipping industry to avoid the Suez Canal altogether, with ocean carriers instead opting to sail a longer route around southern Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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