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
Examples of strafe in a Sentence
The planes strafed the town.
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Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
Two days after Khartoum erupted into violence, a plane strafed the Ombada church when Intisar was inside.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Espresso machines hiss, taxi drivers honk and crowds swell under intermittent clouds strafing the Vatican — which this week feels like the center of the universe.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Doom: The Dark Ages strafes in a different direction.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Strafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strafe. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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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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