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A rapid and violent military attack with intensive aerial bombardment
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blitz
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Blitz is a 2011 British crime thriller film directed by Elliott Lester , starring Jason Statham , Paddy Considine , Aidan Gillen and David Morrissey . The film was released in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2011. The film is based on the novel of the same ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a media blitz (= when something is deliberately reported or advertised in the media a lot, in a small amount of time ) ▪ The candidate’s media blitz has certainly raised his profile in the election. COLLOCATIONS FROM ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sudden overwhelming attack," 1940, shortening of blitzkrieg (1939). The use in U.S. football is from 1959. As a verb, 1940, from the noun. Related: Blitzed ; blitzing .
Usage examples of blitz.
The calls multiplied, and Blitz found his head swimming in a myriad of details and distractions.
Unlike some of his predecessors, Blitz realized that a rapidly rearming Japan presented a grave danger in Asia.
If the North Koreans tried to go nuclear, Blitz was fairly confident that the threat could be met.
Logically, Blitz realized that this meant America should attack before the North Koreans had a chance to.
President asked Blitz if he thought the North Korean government would collapse soon.
FBI sent the new e-mail directly to Blitz, and he was just reading it when Hunter called to tell him about it.
But even Blitz was starting to worry now about the state of the country he was in.
President told Blitz as they strode downstairs to the White House situation room, actually a suite of rooms with secure links and access to intelligence gathering around the globe.
He smiled in a way that reminded Blitz of their much earlier days, ancient history now, spent discussing geopolitics in the dark days after Vietnam.
Blitz and the President envisioned without the catastrophe that everyone, Blitz included, had feared.
The President stood next to Blitz, going over the most recent bulletins and handing each page back as he did.
President handed Blitz the last page, then checked his hair in a mirror held by one of his aides.
He decided he would call Blitz and leave a message on his voice mail telling him that he had changed his mind and that, if the job was still open at NADT, he wanted it.
Upstairs he found Blitz sitting at his desk amid a variety of papers and reports.
Using the base salary figures that Blitz and the others were throwing around, though, he could easily afford it.