beat up vs blitz

beat up

verb
  • To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets. 

  • To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows. 

  • To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up. 

  • To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. (Usually followed by over or about.) 

  • To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game). 

  • To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. 

noun
  • A raid. 

  • A tree planted later than others in a plantation. 

  • A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up. 

  • An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media. 

  • A beating; a hazing. 

adj
  • Battered by time and usage; beaten up. 

blitz

verb
  • To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action. 

  • To do something quickly or in one session. 

  • To perform a blitz. 

  • To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender. 

noun
  • The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor. 

  • A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer. 

  • A swift and overwhelming attack or effort. 

  • A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz. 

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