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STRAFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strafe mean?
• STRAFE (noun)
The noun STRAFE has 1 sense:
1. an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
Familiarity information: STRAFE used as a noun is very rare.
• STRAFE (verb)
The verb STRAFE has 1 sense:
1. attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane
Familiarity information: STRAFE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields
Hypernyms ("strafe" is a kind of...):
attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))
Derivation:
strafe (attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: strafed
Past participle: strafed
-ing form: strafing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender
Hypernyms (to "strafe" is one way to...):
assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
strafe (an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane)
strafer (a combat pilot who strafes the enemy)
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