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blitzkrieg
 
SYLLABICATION:blitz·krieg
PRONUNCIATION:  bltskrg
NOUN: A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.
ETYMOLOGY:German : Blitz, lightning (from Middle High German blitze, from bliczen, to flash, from Old High German blekkazzen; see bhel-1 in Appendix I) + Krieg, war (from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krg, stubbornness; see gwer-1 in Appendix I).
 
 
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