Strafe

Word STRAFE
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /stɹeɪf/

Definitions and meanings of "Strafe"

What do we mean by strafe?

To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft. transitive verb

An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft. noun

To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft. verb

To sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters. verb

An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft. noun

A sideways movement without turning. noun

Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane verb

An attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane noun

An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.

A sideways movement without turning.

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The word "strafe" in example sentences

One was shot in the leg and another bayoneted through the hip, and all were sent back to camp, where they were awarded six weeks in the punishment camp, known as the strafe barracks. ❋ George Pearson (N/A)

I _won't_, it's sheer waste -- still, I suppose one ought to be prepared -- oh, yes, give them one -- give them the word 'strafe'; nobody's got that. ❋ Various (N/A)

Some days we would "strafe" him with trench mortars; on others we would give him a touch of our artillery. ❋ R. Lewis (N/A)

One night was marked by a very intense "strafe" for a short time with rifle grenades and trench mortars. ❋ Ralph Bignell Ainsworth (N/A)

When this playful little "strafe" was removed by an order from Hanover the accumulated parcels nearly caused the death of the Germans working in the distributing room. ❋ Gerald Featherstone Knight (N/A)

On this occasion the usual stoppages and checks were multiplied by a brisk artillery 'strafe' upon the front, accompanied by all manner of coloured lights and rockets. ❋ Geoffrey Keith Rose (N/A)

I glanced up at the pollard willow over head, against which I had been leaning to steady my field glasses as I watched our artillery "strafe" the Germans who were attacking the Ghurkas. ❋ John Allister Currie (N/A)

Almost every afternoon, about 4-30 p.m., the usual trench mortar "strafe" would commence, and would last for an hour or so. ❋ Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts (N/A)

It's true that he does jolly good work when the Huns 'strafe' his wire and he has to go out and mend it, but he doesn't go forward in an attack; he sits in his dug-out and telephones like blazes for reinforcements while the Germans pepper his roof for him with 'whizz-bangs.' ❋ Vernon Bartlett (1938)

When a concentration begins on a battery, either the gunners must go to their dugouts or run beyond the range of the shells until the "strafe" is over. ❋ Frederick Palmer (1915)

It was everybody's business to curse and "strafe" them. ❋ George A. Birmingham (1907)

He saw the light go up in his wife's bed room, unscreened for a full minute, and thought: 'Aha! If I did my duty as a special, I should "strafe" her for that.' ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

"strafe" broke into a brisk and heavy bombardment on the Division to the left on the night of July 9th, but on the 10th about five o'clock in the morning this heavy fire switched on to the trenches from the border of the sea to Nieuport. ❋ John W. [Editor] Arthur (N/A)

"the nightmare of Catholicism"; antagonism to the Catholic Church had been growing up long before M. Combes started to "strafe" the religious establishments of the country. ❋ Ahmed Hussain (N/A)

"strafe" us with rifle grenades, and there was some mining reported in ❋ R. Lewis (N/A)

"strafe" continually is in the main a ridiculous person, and any healthy-minded man wants to rag him. ❋ George A. Birmingham (1907)

The Iranians would not have come on the scene with paintball guns — their normal MO is to strafe with machine gun fire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Witnesses in northern Syria say government attack helicopters are being used to strafe targets in several besieged towns. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Up to 330,000 Iraqi civilians were killed by Saddam's brutal tactics, which included using helicopter gunships to strafe neighborhoods and tanks to blast schools, hospitals and places of worship. ❋ Ahmad Chalabi (2011)

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