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   blitz

   /blɪts/

   noun

   • 1. an intensive or sudden military attack: "a heavy artillery blitz" Similar bombardmentbatterybombingcarpet bombingonslaughtbarragesallyattackassaultraidoffensivestrikeblitzkriegrazzia
   • ▪ the German air raids on Britain in 1940–1.
   • 2. a sudden concerted effort to deal with something: informal "Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning" Similar all-out efforteffortexertionendeavouronslaughtattackpushthrustset-to
   • ▪ a play in which one or more defensive backs charge the quarterback of the opposing team.
   • 3. another term for lightning chess

   verb

   • 1. attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz: "news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed"
   • 2. process (food) in an electric mixing machine: "add the eggs and blitz the mixture until it becomes granular"
   • 3. charge (the opposing team's quarterback) in a blitz.

   Word Origin 1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blitzer noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • B

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   • L

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   • I

     1

   • T

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   • Z

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