STRAFE
strafe
(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”
strafe
(verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; “civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country’s surrender”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
strafe (third-person singular simple present strafes, present participle strafing, simple past and past participle strafed)
(transitive) To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
(intransitive, video games) To sidestep; to move sideways without turning (a core mechanic of most first-person shooters).
Noun
strafe (plural strafes)
An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
(video games) A sideways movement without turning.
Anagrams
• afters, farest, faster, freats
Source: Wiktionary
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