strafe

Example Sentences

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Over 12 miles and five days, the sheriff’s men fought the miners, strafing the hillsides with machine-gun fire and dropping homemade bombs from planes.

From New York Times

There were other drawings from that time, and far more harrowing: of the bombers and helicopters he’d seen strafing entire neighborhoods, of soldiers spraying bullets at the insurgents and the insurgents firing back.

From Los Angeles Times

Myanmar jets have bombed and strafed Karen villages since March 27, and its army has deployed new battalions to the area in possible preparation for a large-scale offensive.

From Seattle Times

Fighter jets have bombed and strafed Karen villages since March 27, and the army has deployed new battalions to the area.

From Washington Post

Myanmar jets have bombed and strafed Karen villages and its army has deployed fresh battalions to the area, in possible preparation for a large-scale offensive.

From Seattle Times