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Definition of blitzkriegsnext
plural of blitzkrieg

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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Recent Examples of blitzkriegs
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blitzkriegs
Noun
  • Iranian missiles and drones have struck multiple sites in Qatar, with at least 16 people injured in earlier barrages, according to officials.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But Hezbollah has still been able to fire back, launching hundreds of rockets and drones into Israel, often coinciding with barrages of Iranian ballistic missiles.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine has launched drone attacks at Russia, although on a smaller scale.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The move came after a series of Iranian attacks on other troops at British, French and Italian bases in northern Iraq.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions.
    Christopher Weber, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Neither that, nor Monday’s snow flurries, stopped Jennifer Hall and her family from making their own Magic City hoodies and proudly wearing them to the game at State Farm Arena.
    DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Scattered flurries are possible in the afternoon and evening, with the chance of a snow squall in the Poconos.
    Tammie Souza, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But these units have traditionally been used for missions like large-scale evacuations and amphibious operations that require ship-to-shore movements, including raids and assaults.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
  • When the novel came out, a great many citizens of Barcelona had experienced baton charges and vicious police attacks—assaults that were ongoing even as the book was being written and when it was published.
    Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Hezbollah's initial rocket attack followed by Israel's swift bombardments overnight rattled Lebanon and the mass evacuation notices caught people off-guard.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Hezbollah’s initial rocket attack followed by Israel’s swift bombardments overnight rattled Lebanon, and the mass evacuation notices caught people off guard.
    Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The raids at Prime Social and Post Oak Poker Club led to the arrest of nine people associated with the clubs, according to ABC13.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Last week’s deployment of the 31st MEU to the Middle East has sparked speculation as to whether they might be used to seize Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf -- crucial to Iran's oil trade -- or carry out raids on the Iranian shoreline around the Strait of Hormuz.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nation-states now pair kinetic strikes with digital offensives.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Dynamic shifts on the battlefield — with large swaths of Ukrainian land changing hands in offensives and counteroffensives in the early years of the war — have since given way to a conflict of inches.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026

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“Blitzkriegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blitzkriegs. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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