blitz

blitz
   (blits) [German, short for blitzkrieg: lightning war] Any swift, overwhelming attack, particularly the massive air attacks by the Germans in Poland that opened World War II. In football, to charge directly at the passer as soon as the ball is snapped; to red dog.
   During World War II, the blitz caused great devastation and loss of life in London.

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  • Blitz — Blitz, German for lightning or very fast , may refer to:Armed Conflict*Blitzkrieg, the very fast executed war , a strategy of World War 2 Germany. *The Blitz, the German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII. The name Blitz was subsequently applied… …   Wikipedia

  • Blitz — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El Blitz fue el bombardeo sostenido del Reino Unido por la Alemania Nazi entre el 7 de septiembre de 1940 y el 16 de mayo de 1941. Fue llevado a cabo por la Luftwaffe, y afectó a numerosas poblaciones y ciudades,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Blitz — [blɪts̮], der; es, e: [im Zickzack] kurz und grell aufleuchtendes Licht, das bei Gewitter entsteht: der Blitz hat in einen Baum eingeschlagen; vom Blitz erschlagen werden. Zus.: Elektronenblitz, Kugelblitz; ☆ wie der Blitz (ugs.): sehr schnell; ☆ …   Universal-Lexikon

  • blitz — [ blits ] n. m. • 1940; de blitzkrieg 1 ♦ Guerre, combat de courte durée. 2 ♦ Partie d échecs où le temps de réflexion des joueurs est très limité. Faire un blitz. ● blitz nom masculin (anglais blitz, de l allemand Blitzkrieg, guerre éclair)… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Blitz++ — is a high performance vector mathematics library written in C++. This library is intended for use in scientific applications that might otherwise be implemented with Fortran or MATLAB.Blitz++ utilizes advanced C++ template metaprogramming… …   Wikipedia

  • Blitz [3] — Blitz, elektrischer Entladungsfunke, meist von großen Dimensionen (102 bis 103 m Länge), hervorgerufen durch Spannungsunterschiede in der Atmosphäre. J.H. Winkler in Leipzig, 1746, vermutete zuerst elektrische Ursache. Franklin stellte ihn… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • blitz — [blɪts] noun [countable usually singular] MARKETING a lot of activity designed to produce a particular result: • a blitz of television commercials • a year long marketing blitz that attracted millions of customers back to its service * * * blitz… …   Financial and business terms

  • blitz — [blıts] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: blitzkrieg] 1.) a sudden military attack, especially from the air the Blitz (=the bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941) 2.) informal a period of great effort in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Blitz — Blitz, Wetterstrahl. Wenn man den geladenen Conductor einer Elektrisirmaschine (s. d. Art.) mit der Hand berührt, so springt aus jenem in diese ein Funken über; dieselbe Erscheinung ist auch der Blitz, nur bei Weitem großartiger, indem hier an… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • blitz´er — blitz «blihts», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. = blitzkrieg. (Cf. ↑blitzkrieg) 2. a sudden, violent attack using many airplanes and tanks. 3. any sudden, violent attack. 4. Football Slang. the defensive tactic of blitzing or red dogging. –v.t. 1.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • blitz — litz n. 1. (football) a quick move by defensive players toward the passer on the offensive team, as soon as the ball is snapped; it is used when the defensive teams assumes that a pass will be attempted, and risks allowing substantial gains by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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