strafe
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9.5
- noun
- /streɪf/
- Specialized
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ametrallamiento
- It's Tailwind pulling into the lead down the main stretch followed by Strafe and Skyfire!
Examples
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- Strafe?
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Von Klinger and I will do the ground strafe!
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On the enemy's side, more strafes are being flown in.
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The fighter jets conducted a precise strafe along the enemy trenches, causing significant damage.
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During the aerial mission, the strafe on the ground troops was coordinated with infantry advance.
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As dawn broke, the planes executed a series of strafes over the battlefield to weaken the enemy defenses.
Synonyms
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4.5
A military attack by planes that drop bombs or fire missiles at targets on the ground
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4.2
A sudden attack by military planes that drop bombs and shoot at the ground
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3.7
An attack by military planes on the enemy
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strafe comes from the German verb strafen, which means 'to punish'. In war the word was used for a fast, low plane attack that 'punishes' people or places, so a strafe is a sudden machine-gun or cannon attack from the air.