blitzkrieg
/blˈɪtskɹˌiɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I rode a tank, held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank"
- "But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead."
- "President-elect Donald Trump has promised a blitzkrieg of executive actions and legislation after he takes office Jan. 20."
- "Many Democrats have felt hopeless during a blitzkrieg of a presidency that is testing the limits of constitutional authority, including over the deportations of migrants, halting of congressionally approved spending, and punishment of universities accused of not protecting the rights of Jews during intense spells of pro-Palestinian activism."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
blitzkrieg Tanks (canonical)
motor vehicles (canonical)
and aircraft are essential in bringing a blitzkrieg operation into success. (canonical)
blitzkriegs (plural)