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blitzkrieg collapse: fight a quick and surprising war

run at collapse

counterattack collapse: (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board; an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.; make a counterattack

shock tactics collapse

sortie collapse: (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation); a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

mugging collapse: assault with intent to rob

breakthrough collapse: making an important discovery; a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

overkill collapse: any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal; the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

aggression collapse: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked; deliberately unfriendly behavior; the act of initiating hostilities; a disposition to behave aggressively; a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

run against collapse

onslaught collapse: a sudden and severe onset of trouble

blitz collapse: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment; attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland"

sally collapse: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"

subhead collapse

onset collapse: the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"

infiltration collapse: a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)

caption collapse: brief description accompanying an illustration; taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"; provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

offense collapse: the action of attacking an enemy; the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

scarehead collapse

epigraph collapse: an engraved inscription; a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

superscription collapse: the activity of superscribing; an inscription written above something else

assault collapse: a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped; close fighting during the culmination of a military attack; thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

headline collapse: the heading or caption of a newspaper article; publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline; provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

screamer collapse: gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call; a sensational newspaper headline

antecede collapse

outrank collapse

begin collapse: Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992); set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"; begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began; begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"; achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"; begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"; have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"; have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"; have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"; be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"

diversion collapse: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"; an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"; an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

subtitle collapse: secondary or explanatory title; translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen; supply (a movie) with subtitles

lead off collapse: teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"

dive into collapse

running head collapse: a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book

go before collapse

lead the way collapse

air raid collapse: an attack by armed planes on a surface target

pitch in collapse: eat heartily; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in"

set about collapse: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

precede collapse: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"; move ahead (of others) in time or space; be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"; come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

sail into collapse

mane collapse: long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck; growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

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