strafed; strafing
: to rake (ground troops, an airfield, etc.) with fire at close range and especially with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft
strafe
noun
strafer
noun
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The planes strafed the town.
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Sailors jumped from the battleship into burning oil below as machine gun fire strafed the ship and the rest of the fleet.
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
On the fateful December morning, Japanese planes strafed the deck of the Oklahoma, causing the ship to turn over and trapping Hryniewicz and his fellow sailors in its hull.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
On November 10, 1945, Allied aircraft bombed and strafed the East Indies city of Surabaya after nationalists killed a British brigadier.
—Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In December, while the Panay was carrying out the evacuation of Americans from China, Japanese planes bombed and strafed the boat.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
On the fateful December morning, Japanese planes strafed the deck of the Oklahoma, causing the ship to turn over and trapping Hryniewicz and his fellow sailors in its hull.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
On November 10, 1945, Allied aircraft bombed and strafed the East Indies city of Surabaya after nationalists killed a British brigadier.
—Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In December, while the Panay was carrying out the evacuation of Americans from China, Japanese planes bombed and strafed the boat.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024
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“Strafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strafe. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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strafe
verb
strafed; strafing
: to fire on at close range and especially with machine guns from low-flying airplanes
strafed the village
strafer
noun
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