blitz
noun/blɪts/
/blɪts/
- [countable, usually singular] a sudden attack
- Five shops were damaged in a firebomb blitz.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bombing
- wartime
- carry out
- during a/the blitz
- in a/the blitz
- blitz on
- …
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- the Blitz[singular] the German air attacks on the United Kingdom in 1940–1
- Many people died in the London Blitz.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bombing
- wartime
- carry out
- during a/the blitz
- in a/the blitz
- blitz on
- …
- [countable, usually singular] (informal) a sudden organized effort to deal with something or achieve something
- blitz on something a blitz on passengers who avoid paying fares
- I've had a blitz on the house (= cleaned it very thoroughly).
- an advertising/a media blitz (= a lot of information about something on television, in newspapers, etc.)
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc2- a blitz on illegal parking
- an all-out blitz on crime
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advertising
- marketing
- media
- …
- conduct
- have
- launch
- …
- blitz on
Word Originabbreviation of blitzkrieg.
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