blitzkrieg

Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

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blitzkrieg (plural blitzkriegs)

1. A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
   • 1968, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, “Sympathy for the Devil”, in Beggars Banquet, performed by Rolling Stones:

     I rode a tank, held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

2. (figurative) Sudden activity; a flurry.
   • 2025 January 2, Simon Montlake, “Electing a speaker is first test for GOP with razor-thin control of House”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     President-elect Donald Trump has promised a blitzkrieg of executive actions and legislation after he takes office Jan. 20.

   • 2025 April 7, Simon Montlake, Caitlin Babcock, Ali Martin, Cameron Pugh, Jingnan Peng, “Is the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ starting to find its voice again?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Many Democrats have felt hopeless during a blitzkrieg of a presidency that is testing the limits of constitutional authority, including over the deportations of migrants, halting of congressionally approved spending, and punishment of universities accused of not protecting the rights of Jews during intense spells of pro-Palestinian activism.

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• glitzkrieg

• sitzkrieg

• blitzkrieg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblitsˌkrik/, /ˈblɪts-/, /-krix/

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• Hyphenation: blitz‧krieg

blitzkrieg m (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg

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Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg. First attested in 1936.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈblit͡s.krik/

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• Rhymes: -it͡skrik
• Syllabification: blitz‧krieg

blitzkrieg m inan

1. blitzkrieg (fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support)

   Synonym: wojna błyskawiczna

   taktyka blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg tactic

   błyskawiczny blitzkrieg ― lightning fast blitzkrieg

   doktryna blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg doctrine

   niemiecki blitzkrieg ― German blitzkrieg

   koncepcja blitzkriegu ― the concept of blitzkrieg

   strategia blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg strategy

   teoria blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg theory

   idea blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg idea

• blitzkrieg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• blitzkrieg in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

blitzkrieg f or m (plural blitzkriege)

1. blitzkrieg (fast military offensive)

   Synonym: guerra-relâmpago

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

blitzkrieg n (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg