单词 | blitzkrieg |
释义 | blitzkriegn. a. (See blitz n.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words bruntc1425 assaultc1449 battery1562 onset1566 brash1573 breach1578 onslaught1613 onfall1646 attack1653 assay?1705 to return to the charge1752 arietation1797 set-to1808 set1829 dead set1835 go-in1858 on-ding1871 hatchet work1938 blitzkrieg1939 blitz1940 carpet bombing1956 bowling1959 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > type of terror raid1917 blitzkrieg1939 blitz1940 fire-blitz1940 fire-raid1940 Baedeker raid1942 nuisance raid1942 thunderbolt raid1943 1939 War Illustr. 7 Oct. 108/1 In the opening stage of the war all eyes were turned on Poland, where the German military machine was engaged in Blitz-Krieg—lightning war—with a view to ending as soon as possible. 1939 War Illustr. 9 Dec. 386/3 Everything was ready for the opening of the ‘Blitzkrieg’ on the West. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 217 The complete failure of the Soviet Blitzkrieg [on Finland]. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 225 Germany's ‘Blitzkrieg’ methods had proved only too effective [in Poland]. 1940 New Statesman 19 Oct. 371/2 Since the Blitzkrieg started and people went underground. 1955 Times 25 June 6/2 It opened with the new type of blitzkrieg. Widespread ‘atomic attacks’ were made on major targets. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1939 N.Y. Daily News 19 Oct. Now that that blitzkrieg of puns is over. 1941 H. G. Wells You can't be too Careful i. vi. 41 She had brought herself down to a vulnerability that gave any old germs a fair chance with her. Their blitzkrieg was swift and successful. 1963 Times 23 Feb. 9/6 Hours elapsed before the spate came jostling down the valley. Today it is a blitzkrieg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1939 |
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