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# blitz

«blitz» in Mova's school dictionary: **The Blitz: the heavy German bombing of British cities…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a blitz, blitzes; the Blitz); verb (blitz, blitzes, blitzed, blitzing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Blitz: the heavy German bombing of British cities, especially London, in 1940–1941 during the Second World War. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#m1)

2) A sudden, strong attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#m2)

3) (informal) A big, fast effort to get something done, as in «a cleaning blitz». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#m3)

4) (informal) To do something very quickly or to blend food fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons the Blitz is studied with air-raid shelters, blackouts, sirens and evacuated children. In everyday life, «have a blitz» means tidying or working hard fast. In cooking, «blitz it» means whizz it in a blender. In sport, a blitz is a rush attack.

### examples

- Many children were evacuated during the Blitz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x1)
- People slept in Underground stations during the Blitz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x2)
- We had a quick blitz on our bedroom before Grandma came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x3)
- Blitz the strawberries in the blender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x4)
- The team made a blitz on goal in the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x5)
- The shop ran an advertising blitz before Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x6)
- I blitzed my spelling homework in ten minutes. (informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/#x7)

### note

Capital B for the historical event: the Blitz. It comes from the German word «Blitzkrieg» (lightning war). Plural: blitzes. Verb is regular: blitzed, blitzing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blitz» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blitz/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.