strafe

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I - noun

an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
- the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields
• Hypernyms:
attack, onslaught, onset, onrush

II - verb

attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane (Freq. 1)
- civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender
• Derivationally related forms:
strafer
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something