enfilading

Definition of enfiladingnext
present participle of enfilade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilading
Verb
  • There are outside groups aligned with Democrats, yet much of their spending has focused on attacking Collins, rather than supporting a Democratic primary candidate.
    Steve Mistler, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Regardless, there’s no excuse — even in hard knocks politics — for attacking someone because of his disability.
    George Skelton, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Trump has singled out Moore for criticism, blaming him for a Potomac sewage spill, assailing his handing of Baltimore's bridge collapse and invoking a controversy over his military record.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Horvath, 43, has been one of the mayor’s most outspoken critics over the past year, assailing her record on homelessness and last year’s Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Rest of starters Tristan da Silva opened by hitting his first 3-pointer and made all four of his first-half free throws to reach 11 points by the break.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The surge is also hitting refinance demand, not just purchases, as higher rates have reversed activity that had briefly improved earlier in the month.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Arnold's name was first brought up in the case after 23-year-old Boakai Hilton, who is believed to be an associate of Arnold, Arianna Del Valle, Jasmine Randazzo, Christion Williams, Lyndell Hudson and Freddie Hughes were arrested for allegedly kidnapping three men and assaulting them.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • According to a 911 call log, a caller reported that her boyfriend was assaulting her at that address.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Because the nerves were already ravaging his poise.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This is a chilling history of a problem still ravaging significant swaths of America — not to mention elsewhere in the world.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Our team found that a hospital cyberattack cut the odds of surviving a cardiac arrest without devastating brain damage by nearly 90% at nearby hospitals, not just the one that was attacked.
    Jeffrey Tully, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But the war now is devastating it.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • That didn’t stop Uthmeier from chest-pounding across social-media platforms.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That is when Peralta started pounding the rookie inside.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Many families pack up and head straight to powdery white sand and clear blue water each March and April, where relaxation (and occasionally shelling) are the only two items on the agenda.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Remember Russia shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, the largest in Europe?
    Javier Blas, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Enfilading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfilading. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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