blitzkriegs 1 of 2

plural of blitzkrieg
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blitzkriegs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blitzkrieg
as in bombs
to use bombs or artillery against the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered

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Noun
  • Number of the day 600 That’s roughly how many drones and missiles Russia fired at targets across Ukraine on Sunday morning in one of the largest barrages of the war.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Having friends secures Israel’s place in the region and the world, as the remarkable coordinated response to Iranian missile barrages should’ve made clear.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In most attacks, bears are trying to defend their food, cubs or space.
    Daniella Segura, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Kurt's key takeaway The fact that Chrome has already faced six zero-day attacks this year shows how relentless attackers are and how even the most popular software can have serious gaps.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate.
    Jennifer Breheny Wallace, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ali was scoring plenty with jabs and flurries, but his attempts to land big punches mostly fell flat.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Thin air and unpredictable wind flurries near Everest’s highest elevations prevent the drones from operating at some of the final camps leading to the summit.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The city of Evanston, an urban suburb of Chicago, issued a statement warning its residents of impending raids by ICE agents and urging them to report sightings of law enforcement.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Prtizker criticized Noem, who has made several ads and social media posts of herself joining ICE raids, for her rhetoric.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of miles from the front lines, the vibrant western city has largely escaped the near nightly bombardments in areas like Kyiv and the front lines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know Russia has been accused of testing NATO by breaching its airspace during its drone bombardments of Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cyber attacks are sometimes referred to when talking about types of hybrid assaults, or tactics which aren’t open warfare but are designed to be destabilizing.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Rodriguez-Torres' arrest comes amid reports that threats and assaults against ICE officers have surged by more than 1,000% in recent years.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Glen Powell’s rapid ascent from working actor to movie star constitutes one of Hollywood’s great charm offensives.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Future offensives by Russia would then become strategically futile, and thus not worth attempting.
    ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Blitzkriegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blitzkriegs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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