strafe

verb

ˈstrāf

especially British ˈsträf

strafed; strafing

: to rake (ground troops, an airfield, etc.) with fire at close range and especially with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft

strafe noun

strafer noun

Examples of strafe in a Sentence

The planes strafed the town.

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On the fateful December morning, Japanese planes strafed the deck of the Oklahoma, causing the ship to turn over and trapping Hryniewicz and his fellow sailors in its hull. —

Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024 On November 10, 1945, Allied aircraft bombed and strafed the East Indies city of Surabaya after nationalists killed a British brigadier. —

Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013 In December, while the Panay was carrying out the evacuation of Americans from China, Japanese planes bombed and strafed the boat. —

Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024 People were trapped in the open, incinerated, asphyxiated and strafed with machine-gun fire. —

Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strafe