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Blitz

noun

(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line. Synonyms: linebacker blitzing, safety blitz.

A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment. Synonym: blitzkrieg.

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"Blitz" Quotes from Famous Books

... settlements to gaze upon the tiny man. One poor Irishwoman insisted "that he was not a human crathur, but a poor fairy changeling, and that he would vanish away some day, and never be heard of again." Signor Blitz, the great conjuror, occasionally pays us a visit, but his visits are like angel visits, few and far between. His performance never fails in filling the large room in the court-house for several successive nights, and his own purse. Then we have lecturers from the ...

— Life in the Clearings versus the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... finer tonic than cold water, no more exhilarating sensation than that produced by the artistic application of alternating douches and the blitz. ...

— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr

... "Donner and blitz! I'm glad for der poy, but sorry for you," added the watch-maker, as he took from the safe the shot-bag ...

— The Coming Wave - The Hidden Treasure of High Rock • Oliver Optic

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