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blitzkrieg

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blitz·krieg  (bltskrg)
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 krg, stubbornness; see gwer-1 in Indo-European roots).]

blitzkrieg [ˈblɪtsˌkriːg]
n
(Military) a swift intensive military attack, esp using tanks supported by aircraft, designed to defeat the opposition quickly
[from German: lightning war]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blitzkrieg - a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
Verb1.blitzkrieg - fight a quick and surprising war
war - make or wage war
Translations
blitzkrieg [ˈblɪtskriːg] N
1. (Mil) → guerra f relámpago
2. (fig) (= attack) → arremetida f
blitzkrieg [ˈblɪtsˌkriːg] nguerra f lampo inv
blitzkrieg [ˈblɪtsˌkriːg] nguerra f lampo inv


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They dug into the iron-hard ground near the German frontier in bitter December weather, only to suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives when the final German blitzkrieg erupted out of the Ardennes Forest in front of them.
To see this, it is enough just to read the titles of the book's chapters: Alamogordo-Moldary: Landmarks of the Nuclear Era; USA-USSR: The Air Blitzkrieg and the Tank Offensive; USSR: An Asymmetric Response; The USA Breaches the Iron Curtain; and Racing Toward the Armageddon.
 
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