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to strafe
01
to attack ground targets, such as enemy troops or installations, with gunfire from low-flying aircraft
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
strafe
3rd person singular
strafes
Past simple
strafed
Past participle
strafed
Examples
As the ground forces advanced, air support was called in to strafe the opposing troops, disrupting their formation.
Strafe
01
an attack made with machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
strafes
Examples
The convoy came under a sudden strafe from enemy planes.
Lexical Tree
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