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strafe

[ streyf, strahf ]

verb (used with object)

, strafed, straf·ing.
  1. to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.
  2. Slang. to reprimand viciously.


verb (used without object)

, strafed, straf·ing.
  1. (of a player character in a video game) to move sideways while keeping a target in view, rather than turning the body to face the character’s destination in a regular forward movement.

noun

  1. a strafing attack.

strafe

/ strɑːf; streɪf /

verb

  1. to machine-gun (troops, etc) from the air
  2. slang.
    to punish harshly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an act or instance of strafing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstrafer, noun
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Other Words From

  • straf·er noun
  • un·strafed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strafe1

First recorded in 1910–15; from German strafen “to punish”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strafe1

C20: from German strafen to punish
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Example Sentences

A visitor held the bones straight while I was doing this and Strafe did not struggle a particle.

The progress of Strafe, the lamb that had his leg broken, is about the most surprising thing I have seen in a long time.

Strafe is able to gambol about much as usual, though he limps a little and is thinner for his experience.

"We've got quite a jolly little offensive strafe on this afternoon," remarked the major.

We boarded the train and started out with the hope that American fighters would not come down and strafe the train.

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