Strafing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who strafes.

    "Through these intense two days, the provisional battalion endured sporadic artillery attacks, aircraft strafings, and small arms fire. However, fighting back was nearly impossible."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of strafe form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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air raidblitzblitzkriegbombardmentbombingcannonade

Example

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"There was plenty of strafing by fighter planes and sorties by small bomber squadrons, but there was none of the "massive retaliation" of World War II."

Related phrases

strafing run

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