"Blitz" meaning in English

{
  "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Blitz",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Blitz"
      },
      "expansion": "the Blitz",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "History of the United Kingdom",
          "orig": "en:History of the United Kingdom",
          "parents": [
            "United Kingdom",
            "History of Europe",
            "British Isles",
            "Countries",
            "Countries in Europe",
            "Europe",
            "History",
            "Islands",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Landforms",
            "Names",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "World War II",
          "orig": "en:World War II",
          "parents": [
            "Historical events",
            "History of Europe",
            "War",
            "History",
            "Europe",
            "Conflict",
            "Military",
            "Violence",
            "All topics",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 9 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II."
      ],
      "id": "en-Blitz-en-name-DzHCpm3~",
      "links": [
        [
          "air raid",
          "air raid"
        ],
        [
          "Great Britain",
          "Great Britain"
        ],
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Baedeker raids"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blɪts/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blitz"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Weather"
  ],
  "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Blitz",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Blitz"
      },
      "expansion": "the Blitz",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪts",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪts/1 syllable",
        "en:History of the United Kingdom",
        "en:World War II"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "air raid",
          "air raid"
        ],
        [
          "Great Britain",
          "Great Britain"
        ],
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Baedeker raids"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blɪts/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blitz"
}