Explore Strafe through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like attack or onslaught. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Strafe meaning
- To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
- To rake (a target) with rapid or automatic gunfire.
- To reprimand severely.
Using Strafe
- The main meaning on this page is: To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft. | To rake (a target) with rapid or automatic gunfire. | To reprimand severely.
- Useful related words include: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush.
- In the example corpus, strafe often appears in combinations such as: and strafe, strafe the.
Context around Strafe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strafe
- In this selection, "strafe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jumping stand out and add context to how "strafe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bomb and strafe the facilities and bomb and strafe the village. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strafe" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strafe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another Allied method was to attack the fields the Komets operated from and strafe them after the Me 163s landed. (20 words)
Shortly after the wounded navigator is taken ashore to a waiting ambulance, Allied planes bomb and strafe the facilities, wounding or killing many of the crew. (26 words)
Fighters were ordered to strafe and destroy as many parked aircraft as possible to ensure they did not get into the air to intercept the bombers, especially in the first wave. (31 words)
Officials urged residents not to let their guard down as the storm gained strength before landfall and stood to barrage the coast with life-threatening storm surge and strafe the region with dangerous winds. (34 words)
For example: bunny hopping or strafe jumping can be used to move faster than normal, while rocket jumping enables the player to reach otherwise-inaccessible areas at the cost of some self-damage. (33 words)
Some of the villagers Craig met on her visit to Al Ghayil were killed weeks later when U.S. aircraft returned to repeatedly bomb and strafe the village over four consecutive nights. (32 words)
Example sentences (6)
Officials urged residents not to let their guard down as the storm gained strength before landfall and stood to barrage the coast with life-threatening storm surge and strafe the region with dangerous winds.
Some of the villagers Craig met on her visit to Al Ghayil were killed weeks later when U.S. aircraft returned to repeatedly bomb and strafe the village over four consecutive nights.
Another Allied method was to attack the fields the Komets operated from and strafe them after the Me 163s landed.
Fighters were ordered to strafe and destroy as many parked aircraft as possible to ensure they did not get into the air to intercept the bombers, especially in the first wave.
For example: bunny hopping or strafe jumping can be used to move faster than normal, while rocket jumping enables the player to reach otherwise-inaccessible areas at the cost of some self-damage.
Shortly after the wounded navigator is taken ashore to a waiting ambulance, Allied planes bomb and strafe the facilities, wounding or killing many of the crew.
Common combinations with strafe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: