| VERB | competition | strafe | attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane |
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| NOUN | act | strafe | an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane |
| Sounds | strey'f | |
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| Rhymes | chafe ... waif: 5 rhymes with eyf... | |
| Meaning | An attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane. | |
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| Example | "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields" | |
| Broader | attack, onslaught, onset, onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy / enemy (using weapons) |
| Verbs | strafe | attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane |
| Meaning | attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender" | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Nouns | strafe | an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane |
| strafer | a combat pilot who strafes the enemy | |
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