1 [C,usually sing.] something which is done with a lot of energy:
an advertising / a media blitz (= a lot of information about sth on television, in newspapers, etc.)
2 [C,usually sing.] ~ (on sth) a sudden attack:
Five shops were damaged in a firebomb blitz. * (figurative) a blitz on passengers who avoid paying fares * (figurative) I've had a blitz on the house (= cleaned it very thoroughly).
3 (the Blitz) [sing.] the German air attacks on Britain in 1940
verb [VN] to attack or damage a city by dropping a large number of bombs on it in a short time:
London was heavily blitzed in the war.
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