strafe
verb
[ strɑːf ]
• attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.
• "military aircraft strafed the village"
Similar:
bomb,
shell,
bombard,
fire on,
open fire on,
machine-gun,
rake with gunfire,
blitz,
enfilade,
pound,
rake,
pepper,
attack,
fusillade,
strafe
noun
• an attack from low-flying aircraft.
• "next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece"
Origin:
early 20th century: humorous adaptation of the German First World War catchphrase Gott strafe England ‘may God punish England’.
