NOUN (1)

1. an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane;
- Example: "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"


VERB (1)

1. attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane;
- Example: "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strafe
    n 1: 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"
    v 1: attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying
         plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the
         country's surrender"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "strafe":
   aim at, air raid, barrage, blast, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombard,
   bombardment, cannon, cannonade, commence firing, enfilade,
   fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fusillade, lightning attack,
   lightning war, mortar, open fire, open up on, pepper, pop at, rake,
   shell, shoot, shoot at, snipe, snipe at, strafing, take aim at,
   torpedo, zero in on