I rode a tank, held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank
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Blitzkrieg
Synonyms for "blitzkrieg" (54 found)
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59 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حَرْب خَاطِفَة noun (fast military offensive)
Armenian
2 entries- բլիցկրիգ noun (fast military offensive)
- կայծակնային պատերազմ noun (fast military offensive)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- blitskriq noun (fast military offensive)
- ildırımsürətli müharibə noun (fast military offensive)
Belarusian
2 entries- бліцкры́г noun (fast military offensive)
- мала́нкавая вайна́ noun (fast military offensive)
Bulgarian
1 entries- светка́вична война́ noun (fast military offensive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 閃電戰 /闪电战 noun (fast military offensive)
Czech
1 entries- blesková válka noun (fast military offensive)
Danish
2 entries- blitzkrig noun (fast military offensive)
- lynkrig noun (fast military offensive)
Dutch
2 entries- bliksemoorlog noun (fast military offensive)
- blitzkrieg noun (fast military offensive)
Esperanto
1 entries- fulmomilito noun (fast military offensive)
Estonian
1 entries- välksõda noun (fast military offensive)
Finnish
1 entries- salamasota noun (fast military offensive)
French
2 entries- blitzkrieg noun (fast military offensive)
- guerre éclair noun (fast military offensive)
Georgian
1 entries- ბლიცკრიგი noun (fast military offensive)
German
1 entries- Blitzkrieg noun (fast military offensive)
Greek
1 entries- κεραυνοβόλος πόλεμος noun (fast military offensive)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִלְחֶמֶת בָּזָק noun (fast military offensive)
Hungarian
1 entries- villámháború noun (fast military offensive)
Icelandic
1 entries- leifturstríð noun (fast military offensive)
Italian
2 entries- guerra celere noun (fast military offensive)
- guerra lampo noun (fast military offensive)
Japanese
1 entries- 電撃戦 noun (fast military offensive)
Khmer
1 entries- សង្គ្រាមផ្លេកបន្ទោរ noun (fast military offensive)
Korean
1 entries- 전격전 noun (fast military offensive)
Latvian
1 entries- zibenskarš noun (fast military offensive)
Lithuanian
1 entries- blickrygas noun (fast military offensive)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- blitskrig noun (fast military offensive)
- lynkrig noun (fast military offensive)
Persian
1 entries- حمله برقآسا noun (fast military offensive)
Polish
2 entries- blitzkrieg noun (fast military offensive)
- wojna błyskawiczna noun (fast military offensive)
Portuguese
2 entries- blitzkrieg noun (fast military offensive)
- guerra-relâmpago noun (fast military offensive)
Romanian
2 entries- blitzkrieg noun (fast military offensive)
- război fulger noun (fast military offensive)
Russian
2 entries- блицкри́г noun (fast military offensive)
- молниено́сная война́ noun (fast military offensive)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- blȉckrīg noun (fast military offensive)
- бли̏цкрӣг noun (fast military offensive)
Slovak
1 entries- blesková vojna noun (fast military offensive)
Slovene
1 entries- bliskovita vojna noun (fast military offensive)
Spanish
2 entries- guerra célere noun (fast military offensive)
- guerra relámpago noun (fast military offensive)
Swedish
1 entries- blixtkrig noun (fast military offensive)
Tagalog
1 entries- blitzkrig noun (fast military offensive)
Tamil
1 entries- மின்னலடித் தாக்குதல் noun (fast military offensive)
Thai
2 entries- การโจมตีสายฟ้าแลบ noun (fast military offensive)
- บลิทซ์ครีค noun (fast military offensive)
Turkish
1 entries- yıldırım savaşı noun (fast military offensive)
Ukrainian
2 entries- блискави́чна війна́ noun (fast military offensive)
- бліцкри́г noun (fast military offensive)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chiến tranh chớp nhoáng noun (fast military offensive)
Yiddish
1 entries- בליצקריג noun (fast military offensive)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised a blitzkrieg of executive actions and legislation after he takes office Jan. 20.
Source: wiktionary
Many Democrats have felt hopeless during a blitzkrieg of a presidency that is testing the limits of constitutional authority, including over the deportations of migrants, halting of congressionally approved spending, and punishment of universities accused of not protecting the rights of Jews during intense spells of pro-Palestinian activism.
Source: wiktionary
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