noun

an intensive or sudden military attack.

a heavy artillery blitz

bombardment,battery,bombing,carpet bombing,onslaught,barrage,sally,attack,assault,raid,offensive,strike,blitzkrieg,razzia

verb

attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz.

news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed

bombard,attack,pound,blast,bomb,shell,torpedo,strafe,destroy,wipe out,wreck,devastate,ravage,smash