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means A sudden, all-out rush or assault aimed at overwhelming something before it can organize a response — in football, sending extra defenders after the quarterback; in general use, any fast, concentrated burst of effort meant to finish the job quickly.

from From German Blitz, 'lightning,' shortened from Blitzkrieg ('lightning war'), the term for the fast, overwhelming military tactics of the early WWII German campaigns. English picked up 'blitz' both as the nickname for the German air raids on Britain and, more loosely, as a word for any sudden overwhelming attack — a sense American football borrowed directly for the all-out rush on the quarterback.