"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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "the Blitz",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
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        {
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "History of the United Kingdom",
          "orig": "en:History of the United Kingdom",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "World War II",
          "orig": "en:World War II",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 7 8",
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        {
          "_dis": "78 9 14",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "air raid",
          "air raid"
        ],
        [
          "United Kingdom",
          "United Kingdom"
        ],
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom 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"
}

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    "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.",
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    {
      "form": "the Blitz",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "the Blitz"
      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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        "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 the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "air raid",
          "air raid"
        ],
        [
          "United Kingdom",
          "United Kingdom"
        ],
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Baedeker raids"
        }
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blitz"
}