enfilade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of enfilade Tumbling forward under enfilading fire to ALEPPO Pte. Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023 Bodies were disfigured by thundering artillery bombardments and the scythe-like enfilade fire from machine guns. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020 At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units. Washington Post, 29 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilade
Verb
  • The suit alleges that Robinson assaulted one woman at least 23 times from May 2014 to February 2020, often in places in his home without security cameras.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 8 May 2025
  • Combs assaulted women, by among other things, striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • An adult son had attacked his mother with a machete and ran to a nearby house, according to police.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
  • While in federal prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, Stroud attacked another inmate, resulting in his transfer to USP Leavenworth.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Democrats assailed the budget as a devastating foreshadowing of Trump's vision for the country.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
  • In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul assailed ICE for arresting a mother and her three children, from the village of Sackets Harbor, and sending them to a Texas detention center.
    Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors say Read deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, outside the home a fellow cop and left him for dead in a drunken rage.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Here’s what has changed: The Chiefs separated their project from the Royals’ plans for a new ballpark that asked voters to hit a moving target in April 2024.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that ravages bone, leaving distinctive holes in its wake.
    David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • Last year, the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene included ravaging a Baxter manufacturing plant in Marion, North Carolina, that produces 60 percent of the country's supply of IV solutions.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025

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“Enfilade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfilade. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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