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The way to overcome a foolish fear is to attack it (6)

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I believe the answer is:

strafe

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(Other definitions for strafe that I've seen before include "Blast, shell" , "use machine-guns" , "Attack with gunfire in faster way" , "bombing raid" , "Set RAF to attack with gunfire" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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