'blitzkrieg' definitions:
Definition of 'blitzkrieg'
From: WordNet
noun
A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment [syn: blitz, blitzkrieg]
verb
Fight a quick and surprising war
Definition of 'blitzkrieg'
From: GCIDE
- blitzkrieg \blitz"krieg\ (bl[i^]tz"kr[=e]g), n. [German, blitz lightning + krieg war.] an overwhelming all-out attack with infantry, armor, and air forces, especially by surprise against an unprepared enemy. [PJC]
Definition of 'blitzkrieg'
From: GCIDE
- blitzkrieg \blitz"krieg\ v. to fight a quick and surprising war.
- Syn: fight a blitzkrieg. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'blitzkrieg'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravated assault,
- aggression,
- air raid,
- amphibious attack,
- armed assault,
- assailing,
- assailment,
- assault,
- attack,
- banzai attack,
- blitz,
- bombardment,
- breakthrough,
- cannonade,
- charge,
- counterattack,
- counteroffensive,
- coup de main,
- crippling attack,
- dead set at,
- descent on,
- diversion,
- diversionary attack,
- drive,
- flank attack,
- frontal attack,
- gas attack,
- head-on attack,
- infiltration,
- lightning attack,
- lightning war,
- mass attack,
- megadeath,
- mugging,
- offense,
- offensive,
- onset,
- onslaught,
- overkill,
- panzer warfare,
- push,
- run against,
- run at,
- rush,
- sally,
- shock tactics,
- sortie,
- strafe,
- strafing,
- strike,
- unprovoked assault