Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to strafe
Participle: strafed
Gerund: strafing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | strafe |
| you | strafe |
| he;she;it | strafes |
| we | strafe |
| you | strafe |
| they | strafe |
Perfect
| I | have strafed |
| you | have strafed |
| he;she;it | has strafed |
| we | have strafed |
| you | have strafed |
| they | have strafed |
Past
| I | strafed |
| you | strafed |
| he;she;it | strafed |
| we | strafed |
| you | strafed |
| they | strafed |
Pluperfect
| I | had strafed |
| you | had strafed |
| he;she;it | had strafed |
| we | had strafed |
| you | had strafed |
| they | had strafed |
Future
| I | will strafe |
| you | will strafe |
| he;she;it | will strafe |
| we | will strafe |
| you | will strafe |
| they | will strafe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have strafed |
| you | will have strafed |
| he;she;it | will have strafed |
| we | will have strafed |
| you | will have strafed |
| they | will have strafed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | strafe |
| you | strafe |
| he;she;it | strafe |
| we | strafe |
| you | strafe |
| they | strafe |
Perfect
| I | have strafed |
| you | have strafed |
| he;she;it | have strafed |
| we | have strafed |
| you | have strafed |
| they | have strafed |
Imperfect
| I | strafed |
| you | strafed |
| he;she;it | strafed |
| we | strafed |
| you | strafed |
| they | strafed |
Pluperfect
| I | had strafed |
| you | had strafed |
| he;she;it | had strafed |
| we | had strafed |
| you | had strafed |
| they | had strafed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would strafe |
| you | would strafe |
| he;she;it | would strafe |
| we | would strafe |
| you | would strafe |
| they | would strafe |
Perfect
| I | would have strafed |
| you | would have strafed |
| he;she;it | would have strafed |
| we | would have strafed |
| you | would have strafed |
| they | would have strafed |
Imperative
| you | strafe |
| we | Let's strafe |
| you | strafe |
Verbs conjugated like 'strafe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'strafe'
strake,
safe,
scrage,
scrape,
spraff,
staff,
stage,
stake,
stale,
stare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from German strafe (“punish”) (a conjugated form of strafen), from phrases like Gott strafe England (“God punish England”) which the British saw during the First World War. See: German, old spelling '
strafen'.
Sample Sentences
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These should be especially useful against low-flying planes that "strafe" infantry and transport columns with machine-gun fire and light bombs. [1929, Frank Thone, “‘Thinking Machine’ Aims Guns”, in The Science News-Letter, volume 16, number 437, pages 107-09:]
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Laffey, fresh off from strafing Hiei, ran straight into a quarter of the Japanese navy's remaining destroyers, and, along with Kirishima, between gunfire and another successful Type 93 torpedo strike that tore off the ship's stern, the hapless destroyer was left drifting, ablaze, and would eventually sink. [2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:16 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022:]
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You will get an officer sometimes fu'l of shout and swank, an' 'e 'll put 'em through it, an' strafe 'em, an' walk off parade feelin' that 'e 'as put the fear o' God into 'em. [1933, Thomas Clement Lonergan, “Private 19022”, in The Military Engineer, volume 23, number 132, page 582:]
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Strafe — Press the Alt key and the left or right Arrow key to slide side to side instead of turning left or right. [1992, id Software, Wolfenstein 3D (game manual), page 4]
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If the NPC is close to the player, he may also try using the tried-and-true Quake circle-strafing technique. [2001, Jana Hallford, Swords and circuitry: a designer's guide to computer role playing games:]
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A strafe is a side-to-side camera movement. If you're a fan of first-person shooter games, you know how fundamental strafing can be to a game. [2007, Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide:]