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   strafe

   /streɪf/

   verb

   • 1. attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft: "military aircraft strafed the village"

   noun

   • 1. an attack from low-flying aircraft: "next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece"

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

   Scrabble Points: 9

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