blitz

blitz
[[t]blɪ̱ts[/t]]
blitzes, blitzing, blitzed
1) VERB If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.

[be V-ed] In the autumn of 1940 London was blitzed by an average of two hundred aircraft a night...

[V n] They blitzed the capital with tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns.

2) N-PROPER: the N The heavy bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941 is referred to as the Blitz.
3) N-COUNT: with supp, oft N on n If you have a blitz on something, you make a big effort to deal with it or to improve it. [INFORMAL]

Regional accents are still acceptable but there is to be a blitz on incorrect grammar.

4) N-COUNT: with supp An advertising or publicity blitz is a major effort to make the public aware of something.

On December 8 the media blitz began in earnest.


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