nnoun.actan attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplaneExamples:- the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields
Derivationally Related Form:strafe
Hypernyms:attack onrush onset onslaught
Inherited Hypernyms:strafeattackoperationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.competitionattack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying planeExamples:- civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender
Derivationally Related Form:straferstrafe
Hypernyms:assail attack
Inherited Hypernyms:strafeattackcontend
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something