"blitzkrieg" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blitzkrieg.wav Forms: blitzkrieg Tanks [canonical], motor vehicles [canonical], and aircraft are essential in bringing a blitzkrieg operation into success. [canonical], blitzkriegs [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|de|Blitzkrieg|lit=lightning war}} Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blitzkrieg (plural blitzkriegs)
  1. A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support. Categories (topical): Nazism, World War II Derived forms: blitz, glitzkrieg Related terms: sitzkrieg Translations (fast military offensive): حَرْب خَاطِفَة (ḥarb ḵāṭifa) [feminine] (Arabic), բլիցկրիգ (blicʻkrig) (Armenian), կայծակնային պատերազմ (kaycaknayin paterazm) (Armenian), бліцкры́г (blickrýh) [masculine] (Belarusian), мала́нкавая вайна́ (malánkavaja vajná) [feminine] (Belarusian), светка́вична война́ (svetkávična vojná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 閃電戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 闪电战 (shǎndiànzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), blesková válka [feminine] (Czech), blitzkrig [common-gender] (Danish), lynkrig [common-gender] (Danish), bliksemoorlog [masculine] (Dutch), blitzkrieg [masculine] (Dutch), fulmomilito (Esperanto), välksõda (Estonian), salamasota (Finnish), blitzkrieg [masculine] (French), guerre éclair [feminine] (French), ბლიცკრიგი (blicḳrigi) (Georgian), Blitzkrieg [masculine] (German), κεραυνοβόλος πόλεμος (keravnovólos pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), מִלְחֶמֶת בָּזָק (milkhémet bazák) [masculine] (Hebrew), villámháború (Hungarian), leifturstríð [neuter] (Icelandic), guerra lampo [feminine] (Italian), guerra celere [feminine] (Italian), 電撃戦 (dengekisen) (alt: でんげきせん) (Japanese), សង្គ្រាមផ្លេកបន្ទោរ (sɑngkriəm phleik bɑntou) (Khmer), 전격전 (jeon'gyeokjeon) (alt: 電擊戰) (Korean), zibenskarš [masculine] (Latvian), blickrygas [masculine] (Lithuanian), blitskrig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lynkrig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), حمله برقآسا (hamle-ye barq-âsâ) (Persian), blitzkrieg [masculine] (Polish), wojna błyskawiczna [feminine] (Polish), blitzkrieg [masculine] (Portuguese), guerra-relâmpago [feminine] (Portuguese), război fulger [neuter] (Romanian), blitzkrieg [neuter] (Romanian), блицкри́г (blickríg) [masculine] (Russian), молниено́сная война́ (molnijenósnaja vojná) [feminine] (Russian), бли̏цкрӣг [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), blȉckrīg [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), blesková vojna [feminine] (Slovak), bliskovita vojna [feminine] (Slovene), guerra célere [feminine] (Spanish), guerra relámpago [feminine] (Spanish), blixtkrig [common-gender] (Swedish), blitzkrig (Tagalog), மின்னலடித் தாக்குதல் (miṉṉalaṭit tākkutal) (Tamil), การโจมตีสายฟ้าแลบ (gaan-joom-dtii-sǎai-fáa-lɛ̂ɛp) (Thai), บลิทซ์ครีค (Thai), yıldırım savaşı (Turkish), бліцкри́г (blickrýh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), блискави́чна війна́ (blyskavýčna vijná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), chiến tranh chớp nhoáng (Vietnamese), בליצקריג (blitskrig) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "roman": "shǎndiànzhàn",
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          "code": "fa",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "salamasota"
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "guerre éclair"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "blicḳrigi",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "ბლიცკრიგი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "guerra lampo"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "guerra celere"
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "電撃戦"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "សង្គ្រាមផ្លេកបន្ទោរ"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeon'gyeokjeon",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "전격전"
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blitskrig"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "حمله برقآسا"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blitzkrieg"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blitzkrieg"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "guerra-relâmpago"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "război fulger"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blitzkrieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blickríg",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "блицкри́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "molnijenósnaja vojná",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "молниено́сная война́"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "word": "бли̏цкрӣг"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blesková vojna"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bliskovita vojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "guerra célere"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "guerra relámpago"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "word": "blixtkrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "blitzkrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "miṉṉalaṭit tākkutal",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "மின்னலடித் தாக்குதல்"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-joom-dtii-sǎai-fáa-lɛ̂ɛp",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "การโจมตีสายฟ้าแลบ"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "บลิทซ์ครีค"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "yıldırım savaşı"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blickrýh",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бліцкри́г"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blyskavýčna vijná",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блискави́чна війна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
      "word": "chiến tranh chớp nhoáng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "blitskrig",
      "sense": "fast military offensive",
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      "word": "בליצקריג"
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}

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