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Shoot from the air, moving faster (6)

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I believe the answer is:

strafe

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'shoot from the air' is the definition.
'strafe' can be an answer for 'shoot' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'from the air' bit.

'moving faster' is the wordplay.
'moving' is an anagram indicator.
'faster' is an anagram of 'STRAFE'.

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(Other definitions for strafe that I've seen before include "Make 'Raking Fire'" , "Attack with machine guns or cannon from a low-flying plane" , "low attack" , "Attack with machine-gun from the air" , "Attack with gunfire from the air" .)

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