The police are having a blitz on drink driving, hooliganism and hoon driving this weekend.
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Blitz
/blɪts/
Synonyms for "blitz" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Noun(5 words)
aggravated assaultaggressionaim atair raidambushamphibious attackarea bombingarmed assaultassailassailingassailmentassaultattackbanzai attackbarrageblastblitzkriegblow to piecesblow upbomb
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Strong matches (46)
cannonadecarpet bombingchargecome atcome down oncommence firingcounterattackcounteroffensivecoup de maincrack down oncrippling attackdead set atdescend ondescend upondescent ondive-bombingdiversiondiversionary attackdriveenfilade
Related words (76)
lay hands onlay intolight intolightning attacklightning warlow-altitude bombingmass attackmegadeathminemortarmugmuggingoffenseoffensiveonsetonslaughtopen fireopen up onoverkilloverrun
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panzer warfarepepperpitch intopop atpounce uponpoundprecision bombingpushraidrakerun againstrun atrushsail intosallysaturation bombingset onset uponshellshock tacticsshootshoot atshuttle bombingskip-bombingsnipesnipe atsortiespringstormstrafestrafingstrategic bombingstrikesurpriseswoop down onswoop down upontactical bombingtake aim attake the offensivetorpedounprovoked assaultwade intozero in on
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14 entriesCollocations
8 entriesad blitzadvertising blitzair blitzcampaign blitzdefensive blitzmarketing blitzmedia blitzmilitary blitz
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Spanish
1 entries- carga noun (American football play)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
She survived the Blitz and then moved to Texas, where she met my Persian father in 1958.
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The US led a blitz campaign against Iraq.
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Zimbabwe's new COVID-19 lockdown includes a curfew, a ban on intercity travel, and a vaccination blitz aimed at border towns and vendors.
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