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blitzkrieg
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blitzkrieg has 1 sense
- blitzkrieg(n = noun.act) blitz - a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment; Array is a kind of attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
Verb blitzkrieg has 1 sense
- blitzkrieg(v = verb.competition) Array - fight a quick and surprising war; Array is one way to war
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CIDE DICTIONARY
blitzkrieg, n. [German, blitz lightning + krieg war.].
an overwhelming all-out attack with infantry, armor, and air forces, especially by surprise against an unprepared enemy. [PJC]
blitzkrieg, v.
to fight a quick and surprising war. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
blitzkrieg, n. an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.
Etymology
G, = lightning war
THESAURUS
blitzkrieg
aggravated assault, aggression, air raid, amphibious attack, armed assault, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, blitz, bombardment, breakthrough, cannonade, charge, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crippling attack, dead set at, descent on, diversion, diversionary attack, drive, flank attack, frontal attack, gas attack, head-on attack, infiltration, lightning attack, lightning war, mass attack, megadeath, mugging, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, overkill, panzer warfare, push, run against, run at, rush, sally, shock tactics, sortie, strafe, strafing, strike, unprovoked assault
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