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verb (used with object)
1.
to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.
2.
Slang. to reprimand viciously.
noun
3.
a strafing attack.
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Strafe
is always a great word to know.
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| unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall, audacity, or nerve |
| of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is obnoxious or peculiar |
Origin:
1910–15; < German strafen to punish
1910–15; < German strafen to punish
Related forms
straf·er, noun
un·strafed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
strafe
1915, "punish, attack," picked up by British soldiers from Ger. strafen "to punish" (from P.Gmc. *stræf-), in slogan Gott strafe England "May God punish England," current in Germany c.1914-16 at the start of World War I. The word used for many kinds of attack at first; meaning "shoot up ground
EXPAND positions from low-flying aircraft" emerged as the main sense 1942.
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