strafer

strafe  (strf)

tr.v. strafed, straf·ing, strafes

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

n.

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

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[From German (Gott) strafe (England), (God) punish (England), a common World War I slogan, from strafen, to punish, from Middle High German strfen, to contest, admonish.]

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strafer n.

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Noun

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strafer - a combat pilot who strafes the enemy combat pilot - airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces