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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A fast, sudden military offensive, usually combining ground forces with air support.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. an overwhelming all-out attack with infantry, armor, and air forces, especially by surprise against an unprepared enemy.
  2. v. to fight a quick and surprising war.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
  2. v. fight a quick and surprising war

Etymologies

  1. Borrowing from German Blitzkrieg. (Wiktionary)
  2. 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). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “The Germans were the first to master this technique, which they called blitzkrieg or "lightning war.”

    Wired: Titans of War: Tanks Reshape the Battlefield

  • “It was the first large-scale attack on London, which would face similar attacks every day for the next two months as part of a Nazi campaign known as "the Blitz," an abbreviation of the German word blitzkrieg, or "lightning war.”

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  • “Incidentally, the German Wehrmacht never officially used the word blitzkrieg - literally, "lightning war" - though it did appear in several prewar German military publications.”

    Wired Top Stories

  • “If Blitzer's blitzkrieg is anything to go by, history will repeat itself.”

    Blitzer: The loser's role

  • “George "Your use of the word blitzkrieg shows either a total ignorance of military tactics or a total ignorance of exactly what the IDF did in Gaza and and what speed.”

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  • “Your use of the word blitzkrieg shows either a total ignorance of military tactics or a total ignorance of exactly what the IDF did in Gaza and and what speed. just Louise”

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

  • “Blitz" is short for blitzkrieg, a German word coined in 1939 that means "lightning war.”

    Archive 2009-02-01

  • “Incidentally, the German Wehrmacht never officially used the word blitzkrieg -- literally, "lightning war" -- though it did appear in several prewar German military publications.”

    Wired: Wired Top Stories

  • “But while the word blitzkrieg, which literally means”

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  • “North Korea launches blitzkrieg ...an advertising blitzkrieg, that is, for Taedonggang beer, the DPRK's premium tipple.”

    No light at the end of the tunnel

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