transitive verb. To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft.

noun. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.

verb. To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.

verb. to sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters.

noun. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.

noun. A sideways movement without turning.

verb. attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane

noun. an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane

"One was shot in the leg and another bayoneted through the hip, and all were sent back to camp, where they were awarded six weeks in the punishment camp, known as the strafe barracks."

assail  attack  onrush  onset  onslaught  

Rafe  chafe  safe  unsafe  waif  

aim at  air raid  barrage  blast  blitz  

strafed  strafes  strafing