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