transcription, транскрипция: [ blɪts ]
( blitzes, blitzing, blitzed)
1.
If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.
In the autumn of 1940 London was blitzed by an average of two hundred aircraft a night...
They blitzed the capital with tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns.
VERB : be V-ed , V n
2.
The heavy bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941 is referred to as the Blitz .
N-PROPER : the N
3.
If you have a blitz on something, you make a big effort to deal with it or to improve it. ( INFORMAL )
Regional accents are still acceptable but there is to be a blitz on incorrect grammar.
N-COUNT : with supp , oft N on n
4.
An advertising or publicity blitz is a major effort to make the public aware of something.
On December 8 the media blitz began in earnest.
N-COUNT : with supp