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    strafe
    /streɪf/

    verb

    • 1. attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft: "military aircraft strafed the village"

    noun

    • 1. an attack from low-flying aircraft: "next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › strafeStrafe Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of STRAFE is to rake (ground troops, an airfield, etc.) with fire at close range and especially with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft. How to use strafe in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTRAFE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    STRAFE definition: 1. to attack an enemy by shooting from aircraft that are flying low in the sky 2. to attack an…. Learn more.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySTRAFE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    STRAFE meaning: 1. to attack an enemy by shooting from aircraft that are flying low in the sky 2. to attack an…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › strafeSTRAFE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Strafe definition: to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.. See examples of STRAFE used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › strafeStrafe - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To strafe is to attack from above with bullets or bombs. During World War I, planes fitted with machine guns flew low so they could strafe targets below. Think of a quick-firing machine gun or rapid series of bombs to understand the military verb strafe.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTRAFE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    To strafe an enemy means to attack them with a lot of bombs or bullets from a low-flying aircraft. It seemed that the plane was going to swoop down and strafe the town, so we dived for cover. [ VERB noun ]

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › strafeStrafe - definition of strafe by The Free Dictionary

    1. (Military) to machine-gun (troops, etc) from the air. 2. slang to punish harshly. n. (Military) an act or instance of strafing. [C20: from German strafen to punish] ˈstrafer n. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. strafe.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionstrafe verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of strafe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › strafeStrafe Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Strafe definition: To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft. Dictionary Thesaurus

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › strafestrafe | meaning of strafe in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    strafe meaning, definition, what is strafe: to attack a place from an aircraft by fl...: Learn more.