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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blitzkrieg \blitz"krieg\ (bl[i^]tz"kr[=e]g), noun [German, blitz lightning + krieg war.] an overwhelming all-out attack with infantry, armor, and air forces, especially by surprise against an unprepared enemy. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blitzkrieg \blitz"krieg\ v. to fight a quick and surprising war.
Syn: fight a blitzkrieg. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blitzkrieg
verb: fight a quick and surprising war
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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