0 present participle of strafe
1 to attack an enemy by shooting from aircraft that are flying low in the sky
They then destroyed the dispersed aircraft by strafing.
He suddenly then realised that he was strafing an ambulance.
We have heard of fighters being switched from the skies to the strafing of ground troops.
He knows perfectly well that in recent years cannon have been effective against helicopters, for ground strafing, and, occasionally, against ships.
No such strafing exercise is taking place.
The chaplains share in the living conditions of our troops in the forward areas as well as sharing the strain of battle condition and aerial strafing behind the lines.
Cobra attack helicopters were called in and made strafing runs at the tree line from where the fire was coming from.
The floatplane made several strafing runs, then landed near the survivors.
