Noun

• S: (n) strafe (an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane) "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) attack, onslaught, onset, onrush ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)) "the attack began at dawn"
• S: (n) operation, military operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)) "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
• S: (n) activity (any specific behavior) "they avoided all recreational activity"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) strafe (attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane) "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"