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Definition of strafe
strafed
;strafing
transitive verb
: to rake (ground troops, an airfield, etc.) with fire at close range and especially with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft
strafe
nounstrafer
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Examples of strafe in a Sentence
The planes strafed the town.
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To break up the monotony, Nazi planes -- emitting an unmistakable drone that becomes a dreaded harbinger of doom in the film -- occasionally strafe and bomb the sitting British ducks.
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And that’s about all the exposition Nolan supplies. Unseen enemy gunfire drives a panicked Tommy (newcomer Fionn Whitehead) to the beach, where several hundred thousand troops await rescue while the Luftwaffe strafes them.
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Men claw their way on to troop ships; those ships are strafed or torpedoed or sunk.
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That bedlam strafed the heart of the nation’s legislative branch and law enforcement community – to say nothing of the summer therapy provided by the national pastime.
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On Dec. 7, 1941, his Zero crashed on Ni’ihau, a Hawaiian island, after strafing Bellows Field during Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
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OK, never mind the au jus shower that strafed an otherwise perfectly presentable pair of cargo shorts, this was beef bursting from its French bread base.
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Two helicopter gunships had just finished strafing the city, and now people were pointing toward a Vietnam-era attack aircraft circling overhead.
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U.S. forces then strafed the village with helicopter gunfire, killing villagers, damaging a dozen buildings, and wiping out the village’s livestock.
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Origin and Etymology of strafe
German Gott strafe England may God punish England, German propaganda slogan during World War I
STRAFE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of strafe for English Language Learners
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: to attack (something) with machine guns from low-flying airplanes
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