blitz
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7.1
- noun
- /blɪts/
- During the historic blitz, many families sought refuge in underground stations to escape the bombings.
- the London Blitz
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- My mother, an army nurse, was in London during the Blitz.
- Bombs start falling during the blitz and there are fewer ambulance and fire truck drivers than there are ambulances and fire trucks to drive.
Examples
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I lost my mum in the Blitz.
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By late October of 41 London was reeling under a hailstorm of German bombs called the Blitz, and life in America was energised with the knowledge of what was inevitable.
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I did a film about the London Blitz.
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There was the Blitz which Hitler launched on London.
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Scotland Yard reports he showed up in England just in time for the German blitz,
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Her elder brother died in the Blitz.
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Well, you can't stay in London in the middle of the blitz.
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The Blitz would bring misery to Londoners.
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During the Blitz, around 40,000 Londoners perished in a matter of days due to the German bombing.
Blog text (29) -
Three years later, in 1941, Liverpool Museum was hit by an incendiary bomb during the Blitz, and, tragically, some of the ethnographic material was destroyed in the resultant fire.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
442
3.4
An attack using bombs to damage or scare people
330
4.9
A sudden attack by police or soldiers on a place
100
6.9
Close fighting during the final part of a military attack
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4.5
A military attack by planes that drop bombs or fire missiles at targets on the ground
41
7.6
A sudden violent attack, often by soldiers or severe weather
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4.2
A sudden attack by military planes that drop bombs and shoot at the ground
36
7.0
A long, heavy attack with bombs or large guns on a place
35
8.3
Firing large guns at an area, often not aimed at a specific target
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7.6
A heavy continuous attack by large guns across an area
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9.9
A very fast military attack using planes and tanks to win quickly
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7.3
The part of a plane's mission when it approaches a target and drops weapons on it
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7.8
An attack using bombs that cause fires to destroy buildings or cities
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8.2
To drop many bombs over a large area to destroy it
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7.5
Attacking a large area from the air to destroy many buildings rather than specific targets
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8.2
A fast, intense plan to get results quickly
A very strong action to defeat an enemy or opponent using the most force
Compounds
- Slang
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6.5
A defensive play where a player from the back rushes the quarterback to try to tackle him
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blitz comes from the German word Blitz meaning 'lightning' and the WWII phrase Blitzkrieg ('lightning war'). So a wartime blitz of bombing was seen as a sudden, powerful 'lightning' strike on a city.