blitzkrieg means A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Why “blitzkrieg” is a great word
BLITZKRIEG — [Noun] A swift, intensive military campaign designed to achieve victory quickly through concentrated force and mobile units. Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg, from Blitz ("lightning") + Krieg ("war"). Unlike a siege, which is a prolonged, static constriction, or guerrilla warfare, a protracted, diffuse attrition, a blitzkrieg is a sudden, totalizing rupture. It is the shriek of Stukas preceding the tanks, the paralysis of a command structure shattered before it can react, and the relentless motorized advance that outpaces comprehension—the brutal translation of velocity into a decisive political fact.
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- A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.“I rode a tank, held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank”
- Sudden activity; a flurry.“President-elect Donald Trump has promised a blitzkrieg of executive actions and legislation after he takes office Jan. 20.”