Hit and Strafe

Hit

Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Strafe and hit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strafe" instead a verb "Hit".

Nearby Word: hitting

Strafe verb - Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane.

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Hit and strafe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hit" instead a verb "Strafe".

Nearby Words: strafing, strafed

ground	hit ground	strafe ground
wall	hit wall	strafe wall
car	hit car	strafe car
opponent	hit opponent	strafe opponent
Other words: player, opponents, targets.

Then, in my first ground attack mission, I took a single hit from an AA gun as I flew low to strafe a truck convoy.

Source: Video Game / IL-2 Sturmovik
In Sheena, the soldiers' helicopter repeatedly tries to strafe a grazing herd of antelope, but apparently fails to hit anything.

Source: Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure
This makes boss battles a lot easier as you can rapidly shoot them faster they can hit you, which makes up for the added difficulty of it being near-impossible to strafe left and right.

Source: Good Bad Bugs / First-Person Shooter

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