blitzkrieg

4 definitions found

blitzkrieg - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  blitzkrieg \blitz"krieg\ v.
     to fight a quick and surprising war.
  
     Syn: fight a blitzkrieg.
          [WordNet 1.5]

blitzkrieg - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blitzkrieg
      n 1: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive
           aerial bombardment [syn: blitz, blitzkrieg]
      v 1: fight a quick and surprising war

blitzkrieg - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "blitzkrieg":
     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