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blitz

/blɪts/noun

उच्चारण ब्लिट्स

(किसी काम पर) ज़ोरदार अभियान, धावा

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noun
  1. 1

    [C, usually singular] ~ (on sth) informal

    a sudden great effort to deal with something or to do something quickly

    (किसी काम पर) ज़ोरदार अभियान, धावा

    • an advertising blitz before the elections
    • Let's have a blitz on the pending files this week.

    Synonyms campaign drive onslaught push

  2. 2

    [C]

    a sudden military attack, especially from the air

    अचानक भीषण हमला (विशेषकर हवाई)

    • a bombing blitz on the city

    Synonyms attack assault bombardment raid onslaught

  3. 3

    [singular] the Blitz

    the German air attacks on Britain in 1940 and 1941

    (द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध में) ब्रिटेन पर जर्मनी के हवाई हमले

    • Much of London was destroyed in the Blitz.
verb
  1. 1

    [T]

    to attack or damage a city by dropping large numbers of bombs on it in a short period of time

    बमबारी करना

    • The port was blitzed during the war.

    Synonyms bomb bombard blast shell

  2. 2

    [T] informal

    to deal with something quickly and with a lot of energy; to defeat somebody completely

    (काम) तेज़ी से निपटाना; पूरी तरह हरा देना

    • We blitzed the cleaning in an hour.
    • The home team blitzed their rivals.

    Synonyms thrash crush rout trounce

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

campaign drive onslaught push attack assault bombardment raid bomb bombard blast shell thrash crush rout trounce

⌂Word origin and word building

From the German Blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, the name for the fast, sudden attacks used by Germany in the Second World War.

यह German शब्द Blitzkrieg (बिजली जैसा युद्ध) से आया है, जो द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध में जर्मनी द्वारा किए गए तेज़ और अचानक हमलों का नाम था।