Difference between strafe and sidestepa
strafe
Definitions
verb
- attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane
noun
- an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
Examples
When a concentration begins on a battery, either the gunners must go to their dugouts or run beyond the range of the shells until the "strafe" is over.
Remember that a well-placed strafe will chew up an airplane on the ground.
Then further enemy aircraft arrived and bombed and strafed the patrol for several hours.
