blitz

noun

ˈblits

plural blitzes

Synonyms of blitz next

: blitzkrieg sense 1

b(1)

: an intensive aerial military campaign

(2)

: air raid

: a fast intensive nonmilitary campaign or attack

an advertising blitz

: a rush of the passer by a defensive linebacker, back, or end in football

: an occurrence in which large numbers of fish gather to chase and feed on prey or bait

At Race Point there was an amazing blitz as stripers and blues pushed Atlantic needlefish ashore.—

Gene Bourque

blitz verb

Examples of blitz in a Sentence

The company is planning an advertising blitz for the new product. a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster

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Just weeks into his first term, a blitz of executive orders from the president is reshaping diversity policies across industries. —

Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 Late last night, Makena Kelly, our senior politics reporter, reported that dozens of workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB, were fired in an after-hours blitz. —

Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025 The marketing blitz accompanying the launch is also casting a wide net. —

James Manso, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025 In 1959, the W.H.O. resolved to eradicate the killer in a blitz of global vaccinations and quarantines. —

William J. Broad, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for blitz