strafe

Definitions


[strɑːf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft
(e.g: military aircraft strafed the village)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: humorous adaptation of the German First World War catchphrase Gott strafe England ‘may God punish England’


[strɑːf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an attack from low-flying aircraft
(e.g: next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: humorous adaptation of the German First World War catchphrase Gott strafe England ‘may God punish England’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries