strafe

(Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. (transitive) To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
2. (broadly, transitive) To rake (a target) with rapid or automatic gunfire.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To reprimand severely.
4. (intransitive) To sidestep; to move sideways without turning (a core mechanic of most first-person shooters).

Noun

1. (World-War-I) A heavy artillery bombardment.
2. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
3. A sideways movement without turning.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/stɹeɪf/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From German strafe (“punish”) (a conjugated form of strafen), from phrases like Gott strafe England (“God punish England”) which the British saw during the First World War.

Hevwate

assault

bombard

attack

👊

assail

rip

shell

🐚

blast

bombardment

come down on

scold

batter

blow

blow up

bomb

💣

chastise

blitz

barrage

carpet

cant

jump on

offence

charge

onslaught

chide

clobber

comb

commit aggression

darn

drub

enfilade

call down

berate

bullyrag

inroad

incursion

bring up

invasion

inveigh

be after

mag

🔍

miscall

objurgate

haze

offense

onrush

onset

growl

pound

💷

punish

get at

Werger

losgehen auf

sich hermachen über

zerfressen

überfallen

👊

den Kampf beginnen

zerstören

ausfallen

befallen

in Angriff nehmen

schädigen

anfallen

anfechten

angreifen

👊

attackieren

👊

sich machen an