blitzkrieg

• Sustantivo que designa una ofensiva militar relámpago y contundente, caracterizada por ataques aéreos intensos y fuerzas terrestres rápidas y coordinadas, con el objetivo de desorientar y abrumar rápidamente al enemigo. También se usa en sentido figurado para una acción o movimiento súbito y avasallador.

A noun referring to a swift and violent military offensive, characterized by intensive aerial bombardment and rapid ground forces, designed to disorient and overwhelm the enemy.

1. Swift military offensiveC1formal

   A rapid, intense military attack designed to quickly overwhelm the enemy, often using combined air and ground forces.

   Guerra relámpago

   • The army launched a blitzkrieg that captured the capital in just three days.
   • Historians study the blitzkrieg tactics used during World War II.
   • The general's blitzkrieg strategy caught the enemy completely off guard.

   Sinónimosassaultblitzoffensiveonslaught

• Verbo que significa atacar o abrumar con un esfuerzo repentino, intenso y concentrado, originalmente derivado de la táctica militar alemana.

A verb meaning to attack or overwhelm with a sudden, intense, and concentrated effort, originally derived from German military tactics.

1. Fight a quick and surprising warC1formal

   To attack or overwhelm an opponent with a sudden, intense, and fast-moving military campaign.

   Guerra relámpago

   • The army blitzkrieged through the enemy territory in just three days.
   • They planned to blitzkrieg the capital before dawn.
   • The general ordered his troops to blitzkrieg the opposing forces.

   Sinónimosblitz