n. & v. colloq.
--n.
1. a an intensive or sudden (esp. aerial) attack. b an energetic intensive attack, usu. on a specific task (must have a blitz on this room).
2 (the Blitz) the German air raids on London in 1940.
--v.tr. attack, damage, or destroy by a blitz.
Etymology: abbr. of BLITZKRIEG