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Definition of Strafe
1. Verb. Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane. "Civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"
2. Noun. 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"
Definition of Strafe
1. Verb. (transitive) To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive video games) to sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters. ¹
3. Noun. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft. ¹
4. Noun. (video games) A sideways movement without turning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strafe
1. to attack with machine-gun fire from an airplane [v STRAFED, STRAFING, STRAFES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strafe
Literary usage of Strafe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of War Facts and Peace Problems by Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, Albert Bushnell Hart, National Security League (1919)
""Gott strafe England" (God Punish England) The effect of this poem ... and the
response came from 250 throats: "Er strafe cs" ..."
2. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-Known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"... Gott strafe Verdun A IMPARTIAL military verdict on the German strategy and
tactics at Verdun ..."
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