"Blitz" meaning in All languages combined

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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        },
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          "_dis": "84 7 9",
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        {
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          "Great Britain",
          "Great Britain"
        ],
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Baedeker raids"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/blɪts/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪts"
    }
  ],
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}

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    },
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      "form": "Blitz",
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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        }
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "blitzeblank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "Blitzeinschlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "Blitzeis"
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        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "Blitzkarriere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "Blitzkrieg"
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        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
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        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "blitzsauber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "Blitzschach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "word": "Blitzschlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
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        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
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        "hobbies",
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      ]
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    "Berlin",
    "Friedrich Kluge",
    "John Francis Davis",
    "Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)"
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  "etymology_text": "Specific use of blitz. The Blitz was in truth not a blitzkrieg, which is a rapid ground offensive based on superior tank forces. However, the word was current at the time for the successful German campaigns in Poland and France, and was transferred to the attacks on Britain, perhaps by association of Blitz (“lightning”) with the bombings.",
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    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "word": "blitzen"
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "Blitzableiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzaktion"
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      "word": "blitzeblank"
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    {
      "word": "Blitzeinschlag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzeis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzkarriere"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzkrieg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzlicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "blitzsauber"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzschach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blitzschlag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gedankenblitz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kugelblitz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lichtblitz"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "de:Meteorology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A bolt of lightning lit the night.",
          "text": "Ein Blitz erhellte die Nacht.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bolt of lightning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meteorology",
          "meteorology"
        ],
        [
          "lightning",
          "lightning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(meteorology) a bolt of lightning"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Photography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "photography",
          "photography"
        ],
        [
          "flash",
          "flash"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(photography) flash"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "photography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blɪts/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Blitz2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/De-Blitz2.ogg/De-Blitz2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/De-Blitz2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Bliz"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Akademie-Verlag",
    "Berlin",
    "Friedrich Kluge",
    "John Francis Davis",
    "Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)"
  ],
  "word": "Blitz"
}