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Recent Examples of enfilade
Hood directed artillery fire under enfilading machine-gun fire.
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Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
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
Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
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
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The neighbor, who denied any political motivations in the attack, pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress was sentenced to eight months behind bars.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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In April, 2021, two Chinese women were assaulted outside the town’s only Asian grocery store.—
Beth Lew-Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Estonian police said the drone was likely en route to attack targets inside Russia.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The sheriff and her legal team have repeatedly assailed Cordell’s report, commissioning their own review by former Riverside County Superior Court Judge Burke Strunsky, who criticized Cordell’s reliance on anonymous sources and unrecorded interviews.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Staci Ibarra, another warden who left the department in May — after she was put on administrative leave in the wake of an inmate’s death — assailed a practice in which maximum security inmates had their classification downgraded.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Mindy Fitzpatrick considered selling her family’s 6-acre wooded lot on Friendly Road.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sticker shock, though, is expected to hit when consumers shop for 2026 model year cars and trucks as more of those vehicles arrive at dealer lots, according to Cox Automotive.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On the news, Ukraine was ravaged.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In November 1996, a fire ravaged the Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Enfilade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfilade. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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