enfiladed

past tense of enfilade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfiladed
Verb
  • Captured on live television, rioters attacked the Capitol and breached the Senate floor.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In 1986, Iranian warplanes attacked Emirati oil platforms off the coast of the capital, Abu Dhabi.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • In March, Adra’s co-director on the film Hamdan Ballal was detained by Israeli forces overnight after being assaulted by settlers just after an iftar dinner during Ramadan.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • The jeans also have a cropped length that hits right at the ankle and patch pockets that not only look cute, but are also functional.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Denholm is giving interviews to explain the board’s decision to award Musk a pay package that could be worth $1 trillion if the company hits milestones for market capitalization, profits, and vehicle production.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This contagious malady has ravaged Norfolk County over the past few years.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On the news, Ukraine was ravaged.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Coen repeatedly pounded his chest, seemingly signaling that Lawrence needed to hit his receivers lower.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Eighteen students who fled from the shooting took shelter at a home just down the road, after an initial group of them pounded on the door asking for help, resident Don Cygan told 9News.
    Katie Langford, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Enfiladed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfiladed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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