Synonyms for blitz

Grammar : Noun

Spell : blits

Phonetic Transcription : blɪts

Définition of blitz

Origin : "sudden overwhelming attack," 1940, shortening of blitzkrieg (1939). The use in U.S. football is from 1959. As a verb, 1940, from the noun. Related: Blitzed; blitzing.

noun heavy attack

Example sentences :

Remember how we used to mix it with them Jerry bandits tryin' to blitz London?
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

No transport could get nearer than where the Blitz is lying, four miles out.'
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

Blitz—for Blitz it was—whined his receipt for the red token, backed from the aperture, and padded away like the wind.
Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter

His news was that the Blitz's steam-cutter had come in on the morning tide, and he had met von Brning when marketing at the inn.
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

The hull of the Blitz loomed up, and a minute later our kedge was splashing overboard and the launch was backing alongside.
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

Then I understood—only men-of-war sound bugles—the Blitz was here then; and very natural, too, I thought, and strode on.
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

He could not have testified from side view that it was Roque, so he took a chance on "Blitz."
Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter

I shall be going back to the Blitz on the evening tide, but you'll be busy then with your own boat.'
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

Antonyms for blitz

let-up

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