enfilading

verb

present participle of enfilade
as in attacking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilading
  1. attacking
  2. assailing
  3. hitting
  4. assaulting
  5. ravaging
  6. devastating
  7. pounding
  8. shelling
Verb
  • Iran has bombarded several of its neighbors’ data centers, and the United States responded by attacking one of Iran’s.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s in stark contrast to their arachnid cousins, spiders, whose females that tend to be violent, attacking and eating the males.
    — Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of attacking
Verb
  • The race partly revolved around the war in Gaza, with Lander assailing Goldman for not being critical enough of Israel.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Rabb was propelled by a constellation of progressive groups, charting a path to victory partly by assailing his own party as listening more to donors than voters.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Definition of assailing
Verb
  • The 27-year-old Adell has 16 homers and 62 RBIs this season, one year after hitting a career-best 37 homers with 98 RBIs.
    — David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Across Europe, other historic objects have also been revealed this summer due to the record-breaking heat and crippling droughts hitting the continent’s waterways.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hitting
Verb
  • Russian state media reported that Robert Gilman’s sentence was extended in 2024 to 10 years for allegedly assaulting prison staff.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The week after the letter was sent, Manz was charged with assaulting a villager who got too close to the fence.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of assaulting
Verb
  • Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images Firefighters stand by their vehicle as the battle a forest fire in Saint-Jean-d’Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, on July 26, 2026 as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde).
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • France’s interior minister, Laurent Nunez, said the wildfire ravaging large swaths of southwestern France was heading toward the city of Bordeaux.
    — Caroline Blumberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of ravaging
Verb
  • Lionel Messi has donated €80,000 ($92,200) to the reconstruction efforts of Madrid’s Sierra Oeste region following devastating wildfires in the area.
    — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities in Washington have arrested a man for arson in connection with one of the major wildfires devastating the eastern part of the state, which has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to flee.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of devastating
Verb
  • Williams braved pounding surf and massive waves to bring a struggling 10-year-old boy safely back to shore, as Fox News Digital reported.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • During the rescue, which was caught on video, 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams and another lifeguard pulled a 10-year-old to safety amid pounding waves.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of pounding
Verb
  • Mansouri was subjected to Israeli shelling earlier this week, according to Lebanon’s state news agency.
    — Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Pass the time shelling on its pristine beaches or swimming in the sparkling waters.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
Definition of shelling
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