Fire and Strafe

Fire

Fire noun - A destructive burning.

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Strafe and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strafe" instead the word "Fire" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Strafe noun - An attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane.

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Fire and strafe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead the word "Strafe" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: strafing, strafed

fire rockets

strafe rockets

Death from Above: Early in the movie, a lone American helicopter shows up a couple of times to strafe or fire rockets at Soviet positions, serving as The Cavalry in a Gunship Rescue at one point.

Source: Film / Red Dawn (1984)
In Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty and A Crack in Time, L2 becomes the solitary strafe button, crouch is moved from R1 to R2, and R1 becomes the fire button.

Source: Franchise / Ratchet & Clank
The player is only held in place when aiming a small handful of weapons (and even then you can still strafe), and only a few enemies have to stand in place to fire at you.

Source: Video Game / Jet Force Gemini

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