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strafe Definition

strafe (strāf; chiefly Brit, sträf)

transitive verb strafed, straf′·ing

to attack with gunfire; esp., to attack (ground positions, troops, etc.) with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft

Etymology: < Ger phr. Gott strafe England (God punish England) used in World War I

strafe Related Forms
straf′er noun
strafe Synonyms

strafe

v.

bombard, storm, barrage, shell; see attack 1.

strafe Usage Examples

Object

  • run: Despite numerous bombing and strafing runs by German aircraft, they all arrived safely back in Ramsgate about 12 hours after they departed.
  • position: One group of US planes struck 60 miles south of Hanoi today while bombing and strafing guerrilla positions.
  • jump: Goldrush allows you to play faster and to do strafe jumps, immediately after the jump.
  • train: Planes flown from the US bombed sugar mills, strafed trains and dropped incendiary devices and leaflets on Havana.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: In the absence of any Japanese air activity, the Seafires also strafed enemy positions, ships and airfields.
  • right: Also try using the left and right strafe key to guide yourself in the air.

Subject

  • fire: He passed to and fro across ground that was strafed by heavy fire.
  • plane: I remember my mother telling us that the flint wall running up Bear Road was strafed by German planes.

Present participle complement

  • jump: Also yes they will include strafe jumping in the multiplayer part of the game.

Preposition: by

  • fire: He passed to and fro across ground that was strafed by heavy fire.
  • plane: I remember my mother telling us that the flint wall running up Bear Road was strafed by German planes.