strafe
verb (used with object)
to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"Had there been German aircraft I don't know if we'd have made it because they could have strafed like mad."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2014