Antonyms for strafe
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : streyf, strahf |
| Phonetic Transcription : streɪf, strɑf |
Definition of strafe
Origin :- 1915, "punish, attack," picked up by British soldiers from German strafen "to punish" (from Proto-Germanic *stræf-), in slogan Gott strafe England "May God punish England," current in Germany c.1914-16 at the start of World War I. The word used for many kinds of attack at first; meaning "shoot up ground positions from low-flying aircraft" emerged as the main sense 1942. Related: Strafed; strafing.
- As in raid : verb attack, pillage
- As in bomb : verb detonate weapon
- As in bombard : verb assault, attack
- MORE leaves the window—his face distorted by the strafe of his emotions.
- Extract from : « The Mob (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- When they did grasp it they began to strafe us, and they kep' it up hard all day.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 » by Various
- Murmuring something that sounded dangerously like "Strafe rules!"
- Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
- Gott strafe the English, and in particular your detestable little boy.
- Extract from : « With Haig on the Somme » by D. H. Parry
- If I did my duty as a special, I should "strafe" her for that.'
- Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
- I havent seen such a bonzer target to strafe since we was in Gllipoli.
- Extract from : « Grapes of wrath » by Boyd Cable
- My parting remark to him was: "Take care they don't 'strafe' you."
- Extract from : « With the Zionists in Gallipoli » by John Henry Patterson
- "They strafe this part fairly often," said the major unconcernedly.
- Extract from : « Servants of the Guns » by Jeffery E. Jeffery
- My advice is to put your men into that ditch and keep them there until the strafe is over.
- Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
- Two of my men, two corporals, are getting Divisional cards of merit for their work and pluck in the strafe the other day.
- Extract from : « Letters from France » by Isaac Alexander Mack
Synonyms for strafe
- assail
- assault
- attack
- barrage
- batter
- beset
- besiege
- blast
- blitz
- blockade
- blow up
- bomb
- bombard
- breach
- break in
- cannonade
- catapult
- charge
- descend on
- despoil
- destroy
- devastate
- fall upon
- fire on
- fire upon
- forage
- foray
- harass
- harry
- heat
- hound
- inroad
- invade
- knock off
- knock over
- launch
- lean against
- lean on
- loot
- maraud
- march on
- napalm
- open fire
- overrun
- pester
- pirate
- plunder
- pound
- prang
- raid
- rain destruction
- rake
- ransack
- rifle
- rob
- sack
- sally
- sally forth
- shell
- slough
- spoliate
- storm
- strafe
- strike
- sweep
- swoop
- tip over
- torpedo
- waste
- wipe out
- zero in
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