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strafe
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verb
attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane
civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender
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noun
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
DES
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noun
(= diethylstilbestrol)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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noun
(= diethylstilbesterol)
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy