blitz
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blitz \blitz\ n.
1. (football) a quick move by defensive players toward the
passer on the offensive team, as soon as the ball is
snapped; -- it is used when the defensive teams assumes
that a pass will be attempted, and risks allowing
substantial gains by the offensive team if other plays are
in fact planned.
Syn: safety linebacker blitzing.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a rapid and violent military attack with intensive aerial
bombardment. Same as {blitzkrieg}
[WordNet 1.5]
3. any vigorous and intensive attack, bombardment, or
assault, literally or figuratively; as, they used a blitz
of television commercials to launch their new product; the
German blitz on London.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. same as {blitz chess}.
[PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "blitz":
aggravated assault, aggression, aim at, air raid, ambush,
amphibious attack, area bombing, armed assault, assail, assailing,
assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, barrage, blast,
blitzkrieg, blow to pieces, blow up, bomb, bombard, bombardment,
bombing, breakthrough, bushwhack, cannon, cannonade,
carpet bombing, charge, come at, come down on, commence firing,
counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crack down on,
crippling attack, dead set at, descend on, descend upon,
descent on, dive-bombing, diversion, diversionary attack, drive,
enfilade, fall on, fall upon, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon,
flank attack, frontal attack, fusillade, gang up on, gas attack,
go at, go for, harry, have at, head-on attack,
high-altitude bombing, hit, hit like lightning, infiltration, jump,
land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, light into,
lightning attack, lightning war, low-altitude bombing, mass attack,
megadeath, mine, mortar, mug, mugging, offense, offensive, onset,
onslaught, open fire, open up on, overkill, panzer warfare, pepper,
pitch into, pop at, pounce upon, pound, precision bombing, push,
rake, run against, run at, rush, sail into, sally,
saturation bombing, set on, set upon, shell, shock tactics, shoot,
shoot at, shuttle bombing, skip-bombing, snipe, snipe at, sortie,
spring, strafe, strafing, strategic bombing, strike, surprise,
swoop down on, tactical bombing, take aim at, take the offensive,
torpedo, unprovoked assault, wade into, zero in on
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