Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strafe

1 sense of strafe

Sense 1
strafe -- (an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields")
       => attack, onslaught, onset, onrush -- ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb strafe

1 sense of strafe

Sense 1
strafe -- (attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender")
       => attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week")