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| strafe [ strayf ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle strafed, present participle straf·ing, 3rd person present singular strafes) |
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attack something with gunfire: to attack a position or troops on the ground with machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft
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noun (plural strafes) |
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air attack: a machine-gun or cannon attack by low-flying aircraft on a ground target
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| [Early 20th century. < German strafen "punish"] |
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 straf·er noun |
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