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blitz·krieg    Audio Help   [blits-kreeg] Pronunciation Key
–noun, verb (used with object)
blitz (defs. 1, 2, 5).
[Origin: 1935–40; < G, equiv. to Blitz lightning + Krieg war]
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blitz·krieg    Audio Help   (blĭts'krēg')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.


[German : Blitz, lightning (from Middle High German blitze, from bliczen, to flash, from Old High German blekkazzen; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) + Krieg, war (from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krēg, stubbornness; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots).]

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blitzkrieg

noun
1. a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment [syn: blitz] 

verb
1. fight a quick and surprising war 

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