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strafe

DEFINITIONS OF: strafe

1

v attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane

“civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender”
Type of:
assail, attack
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

n an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane

“the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields”
Type of:
attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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