strafe
verb/streɪf/, /strɑːf/
/streɪf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strafe | /streɪf/, /strɑːf/ /streɪf/ |
| he / she / it strafes | /streɪfs/, /strɑːfs/ /streɪfs/ |
| past simple strafed | /streɪft/, /strɑːft/ /streɪft/ |
| past participle strafed | /streɪft/, /strɑːft/ /streɪft/ |
| -ing form strafing | /ˈstreɪfɪŋ/, /ˈstrɑːfɪŋ/ /ˈstreɪfɪŋ/ |
- strafe something to attack a place with bullets or bombs from an aircraft flying low
- Military aircraft strafed the village.
- The big guy with the big gun strafed the place.
Word Originearly 20th cent.: humorous adaptation of the German First World War catchphrase Gott strafe England ‘may God punish England’.Definitions on the go
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