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   strafe

   /streɪf/

   verb

   • 1. attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft: "military aircraft strafed the village"

   noun

   • 1. an attack from low-flying aircraft: "next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece"

   Word Origin early 20th century: humorous adaptation of the German First World War catchphrase Gott strafe England ‘may God punish England’.

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   • Define strafer. strafer synonyms, strafer pronunciation, strafer translation, English dictionary definition of strafer. tr.v. strafed , straf·ing , strafes To attack with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft. n. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a...

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   What does it mean to strafe a plane?

   • To strafe is to attack from above with bullets or bombs. During World War I, planes fitted with machine guns flew low so they could strafe targets below. Think of a quick-firing machine gun or rapid series of bombs to understand the military verb strafe.

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   What does strafing mean in slang?

   • to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire. Slang. to reprimand viciously. , strafed, straf·ing. (of a player character in a video game) to move sideways while keeping a target in view, rather than turning the body to face the character’s destination in a regular forward movement. a strafing attack. slang.

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     STRAFE translate: （飛機）低空掃射. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   To strafe is to attack from above with bullets or bombs. During World War I, planes fitted with machine guns flew low so they could strafe targets below. Think of a quick-firing machine gun or rapid series of bombs to understand the military verb strafe.

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