Strafe Definition

strāf
strafed, strafes, strafing
verb
To attack with gunfire; esp., to attack (ground positions, troops, etc.) with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.
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(intransitive, video games) To sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters.

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noun
An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
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(video games) A sideways movement without turning.
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Other Word Forms of Strafe

Noun

Singular:
strafe
Plural:
strafes

Origin of Strafe

  • From German (Gott) strafe (England) (God) punish (England), a common World War I slogan from strafen to punish from Middle High German strāfen to contest, admonish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • German strafe (“punish"), a conjugated form of strafen (“punish") the British saw in German expressions like "Gott strafe England" ("God punish England") during the First World War.

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