strafing


strafe

S0788700 (strāf)tr.v. strafed, straf·ing, strafes To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft.n. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
[From German (Gott) strafe (England), (God) punish (England), a common World War I slogan, from strafen, to punish, from Middle High German strāfen, to contest, admonish.]
straf′er n.

strafing

(ˈstreɪfɪŋ; ˈstrɑːfɪŋ) n (Military) military an act or instance of strafing

strafing

The delivery of automatic weapons fire by aircraft on ground targets.
Translations
mitraillage au solbombardamento