These should be especially useful against low-flying planes that "strafe" infantry and transport columns with machine-gun fire and light bombs.
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Strafe
//stɹɑf//
Synonyms for "strafe" (36 found)
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15 translations across 5 languages.
Czech
3 entries- ostřelování ze vzduchu noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- útok ze vzduchu noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- ostřelovat verb (to attack with automatic gunfire)
French
1 entries- mitrailler verb (to attack with automatic gunfire)
Italian
2 entries- mitragliamento noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- mitragliare verb (to attack with automatic gunfire)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mitraljiranje noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- mitraljirati verb (to attack with automatic gunfire)
Spanish
4 entries- aeroametrallamiento noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- ametrallamiento aéreo noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- ametrallamiento desde el aire noun (an attack from a low-flying aircraft)
- aeroametrallar verb (to attack with automatic gunfire)
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Laffey, fresh off from strafing Hiei, ran straight into a quarter of the Japanese navy's remaining destroyers, and, along with Kirishima, between gunfire and another successful Type 93 torpedo strike that tore off the ship's stern, the hapless destroyer was left drifting, ablaze, and would eventually sink.
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You will get an officer sometimes fu'l of shout and swank, an' 'e 'll put 'em through it, an' strafe 'em, an' walk off parade feelin' that 'e 'as put the fear o' God into 'em.
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Strafe — Press the Alt key and the left or right Arrow key to slide side to side instead of turning left or right.
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