strafe
verb (used with object)
to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.
had strafed
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past perfectof strafe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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On the sprawling Expo Grounds, among food venders and historical displays, the government has preserved the fuselage of an airliner, which an Ethiopian fighter pilot had strafed on the runway.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
North Korean planes, Soviet-built Yaks, had strafed the afternoon before, and our house was deserted, the servants gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
