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blitzkrieg

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blitz⋅krieg

  [blits-kreeg]
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–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   (blĭts'krēg')   
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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