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
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  • And thankfully for Leipzig head coach Martin Demichelis, Nusa remains at the club and will be expected to become their attacking talisman in the Champions League.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Generally, these hunters do not start attacking cells unless there is a reason to do so, such as inflammation, a key marker of infection.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 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 Orioles scored only one run over their previous three games against Boston, but Joey Cantillo (9-9) did plenty to help them out of their slump, allowing 3 hits and 5 walks and hitting 2 batters in 2 1/3 innings.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In men’s tennis, before even hitting the ball, the server has around a 66 percent chance of winning the point.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hitting
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  • Ibe, 30, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday to be sentenced for assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, and he was fined and sentenced to community service, according to BBC News.
    — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • He was accused of assaulting an unidentified 29-year-old woman the day prior to his arrest.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of assaulting
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  • The Grand Canyon has seen ravaging floods in the past week, sparking search and rescue missions and damaging nearly 40% of its sole water pipeline.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But Vicente dismisses global heating as the main reason for the fires that are ravaging Europe.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ravaging
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  • The country is also recovering from devastating back-to-back earthquakes in June that have so far killed over 6,000 people.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Rescue operations and clean-up crews are still working in the wake of last week’s devastating debris avalanche and floods in Nepal and Tibet.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of devastating
Verb
  • Still, the stock is a table-pounding buy for analysts led by McShane.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • On offense, that means pounding the rock with a stout run game and letting that set up the passing attack.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pounding
Verb
  • Napoli were camped inside their own penalty area, tortoise-shelling, daring Arsenal to batter their way through.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Lebanon's state news agency reported new airstrikes and shelling on their hometown over the weekend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of shelling
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