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strafing, vbl. n. slang.|ˈstrɑːfɪŋ, ˈstreɪfɪŋ|
Also straffing.
[f. strafe v. + -ing1.]
Fierce attacking; bombarding; bombing or machine-gunning from low-flying aircraft. Also fig., a dressing-down.
1915in Naval Rev. (1919) IV. 267 Not much straffing on either side. 1919E. H. Jones Road to En-Dor vii. 70 The escape..was followed by a very severe ‘strafing’ of the whole camp. 1923Contemp. Rev. Jan. 16 Mr. Bonar Law endured this moral strafing with dogged heroism. 1927E. W. Springs Nocturne Militaire 75 I'm going to get a strafing when I get in. 1945Finito! Po Valley Campaign (15th Army Group) 27 Spitfires and Mustangs weaved in strafing sorties over the enemy's positions. 1969I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 60 Diving aircraft..swept close past us on their strafing runs. 1971S. Hill Strange Meeting iii. 169 But when the strafing finally stopped, everything just went quiet. 1979T. Barling Olympic Sleeper iv. 51 Let us hope the Zionists don't make a strafing run on the ship. |