blitzkrieg
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barrage, blitz, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley
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In the south, watery cays and island scrub show nature’s blitzkrieg. — Washington Post, "‘There’s nothing left’: Storm reduces paradise to a miserable heap," 4 Sep. 2019 By the summer of 1990, the New Kids were the biggest act in the world — and had fully lost control of their image, now subsumed by a global merchandising blitzkrieg worth about $400 million. — Rebecca Schuman, Longreads, "I’ll Be Loving You Forever," 14 Aug. 2019 This week, though, the blitzkrieg is set to resume. — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, "Bears resume their ‘open competition’ at kicker, unsure the answer is in training camp," 21 July 2019 And fear is what’s driving this week’s blitzkrieg of Attorney General William Barr. — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, "For Fear of William Barr," 2 May 2019 In the course of one recent 24-hour blitzkrieg, the Say Cheese Instagram (342,000 followers and counting) — which Cotton maintains along with one full-time employee — averaged a post an hour. — Jeff Weiss, latimes.com, "How Instagram and YouTube help underground hip-hop artists and tastemakers find huge audiences," 4 July 2018 While Trump traveled to Europe for NATO meetings Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence accompanied Kavanaugh to Capitol Hill and led a blitzkrieg of media appearances. — latimes.com, "Democrats hope Obamacare fears will derail Kavanaugh as White House moves to soften his image," 11 July 2018 But their emergent defense might be the difference between this season's playoff run and last year's failure, when the D wore out in the face of the Patriots' ball-control Super Bowl blitzkrieg. — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, "20 things we learned during NFL wild-card weekend," 7 Jan. 2018 But that all ended in 2014, when Islamic State launched its blitzkrieg across Iraq’s northern regions. — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, "Basra was once a jewel of a city. Now it's a symbol what's wrong in Iraq," 17 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blitzkrieg.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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