BLITZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blitz mean? 

• BLITZ (noun)
  The noun BLITZ has 2 senses:

1. (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line

2. a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

  Familiarity information: BLITZ used as a noun is rare.

• BLITZ (verb)
  The verb BLITZ has 1 sense:

1. attack suddenly and without warning

  Familiarity information: BLITZ used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLITZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blitz; linebacker blitzing; safety blitz

Hypernyms ("blitz" is a kind of...):

maneuver; manoeuvre; play (a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blitz; blitzkrieg

Hypernyms ("blitz" is a kind of...):

attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Derivation:

blitz (attack suddenly and without warning)

• BLITZ (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they blitz    ... he / she / it blitzes   
Past simple: blitzed   
Past participle: blitzed   
-ing form: blitzing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attack suddenly and without warning

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

Hitler blitzed Poland

Hypernyms (to "blitz" is one way to...):

assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

blitz (a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment)