enfilading

present participle of enfilade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilading
Verb
  • He is accused of attacking a 27-year-old man with a beer mug inside the Hula Bar on Saturday night.
    Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Liv Morgan controversially interrupted Iyo Sky's coronation, attacking her and forcing a tap-out.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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
Verb
  • Leveraged ETFs that aim to amplify SpaceX’s performance by providing double the returns (or losses) are already hitting the market.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Ahead of the impending heat wave hitting the Pittsburgh area, Allegheny County officials have activated a Code Red Heat Advisory for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • One of their bookshop employees was John Waters, later to become renowned as the taboo-assaulting filmmaker.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 July 2026
  • Kieran McCool, 57, was convicted of assaulting a community worker.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Forty years ago, when the AIDS epidemic was ravaging New York, some Southern Baptists described it as God’s judgment—a punishment for its victims’ life style.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Temperatures have risen in oceans faster due to climate change, super-charging storms and drought, ravaging coral reefs across the world, and endangering species in tandem with overfishing and industrial pollution.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The co-writer thing was a total disaster, devastating on every level.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • One week after devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, relief efforts in South Florida continue at a steady pace.
    Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Be mesmerized by the dazzling lasers and pulse-pounding tunes from the movie in this unforgettable experience.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
  • An apartment surveillance video captured a man pounding on the window, before Davis gave him a key.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Despite a fragile ceasefire reached in October that paused the heaviest fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group, Israel continues to carry out near daily strikes and shelling across the coastal enclave.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • In eastern Ukraine, Orthodox parishes that are not part of the Russian Orthodox faith have been damaged or destroyed due to shelling from Russian missiles.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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“Enfilading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfilading. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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