blitz

A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.

Noun

A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
- We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.
- Ultimately, though, Liverpool had inflicted a grievous result in the first leg when they scored three times in a 19-minute blitz and, importantly, did not concede an away goal. - 2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool...
- He [Yoshihide Suga] seems to be counting on a media blitz with feel-good effects around the Games to improve his sagging popularity. - 2021 March 25, Koichi Nakano, “The Olympics Are On! But Why?”, in The New York...
A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
Ellipsis of blitz chess.
- What I had played was chess. Specially, I knocked out some 2,000 games of speed (or "blitz") chess in the two months leading up to the tournament. In fact, I played so much that I'm currently in the top half-percent of...
- In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or...
The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.

Clipping of blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
- So the question remains — what to do with ignorance, which I must presume is deliberate, as in this media-blitzed era it is not possible to be truly ignorant after age 12. - 1990 February 4, Chrystos, “Headaches And...
Synonyms: charge
To perform a blitz.
- The Washington High defense almost always blitzes on third down.
To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
- To make nut roast, you have to blitz the nuts in the food processor before adding the parsley and breadcrumbs.
Synonyms: zhoosh
To do something quickly or in one session.
Synonyms: hurry zoom fly scramble get a move on hasten haul hurtle bustle haul ass haul one's ashes hie hump it hustle make haste make tracks move it rattle one's hocks rush scream shift skedaddle swap speed