enfilading

Definition of enfiladingnext
present participle of enfilade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilading
Verb
  • The American always had the engine and work rate to flit between defensive and attacking duties in a central midfield berth.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Iran's state television said Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would be attacking oil and gas infrastructure in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after an attack on facilities associated with its offshore South Pars natural gas field.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 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
  • After hitting 11 of their first 17 attempts, the Bison finished 14 of 29.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The problem is the film just keeps hitting this same note over and over without ever caring to explore the psychology that underpins this.
    Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The decision was made Thursday after a 2023 video surfaced showing the season’s star, Taylor Frankie Paul, assaulting her then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.
    Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In addition to accusations Chávez abused minors and women, his longtime ally Dolores Huerta accused Chávez of assaulting her, too.
    Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 18 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
  • Rain fell, devastating the snowpack.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But by the early 1990s, industrial bottom trawlers had decimated cod stocks, and in 1992, the Canadian government instituted a moratorium on cod fishing, devastating the industry and ending a long-standing way of life.
    Gina DeCaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Surprise, surprise, the drums started pounding for the SOB Act shortly after (though various legislative attempts have floated since Proposition 12 was passed) backed by a Midwestern congresswoman from a Big Pork state.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The team became the spectacle of Havana, with Maduro’s Gran Stadium filling with the sound of pounding drums and a conga line snaking through the crowd, as baseball felt more like a festival than a game.
    Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 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 21 Mar. 2026.

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