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strafe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun strafe has 1 sense
- strafe(n = noun.act) Array - 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" is a kind of attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
Derived form verb strafe1
Verb strafe has 1 sense
- strafe(v = verb.competition) Array - attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender" is one way to assail, attack
Derived forms noun strafe1, noun strafer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
strafe, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 bombard; harass with gunfire.
2 reprimand.
3 abuse.
4 thrash.
--n. an act of strafing.
--v.tr.
1 bombard; harass with gunfire.
2 reprimand.
3 abuse.
4 thrash.
--n. an act of strafing.
Etymology
joc. adaptation of G catchword (1914) Gott strafe England may God punish England
THESAURUS
strafe
aim at, air raid, barrage, blast, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombard, bombardment, cannon, cannonade, commence firing, enfilade, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fusillade, lightning attack, lightning war, mortar, open fire, open up on, pepper, pop at, rake, shell, shoot, shoot at, snipe, snipe at, strafing, take aim at, torpedo, zero in on
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