enfilading

present participle of enfilade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilading
Verb
  • After the good Samaritan got him off the woman, witnesses say the man wandered to produce and began attacking a 16-year-old boy, but Garbe had followed him.
    Joy Benedict, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • After coming close on numerous attacking opportunities in the first, the Real Madrid star put England ahead for the good in the opening moments of the second.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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.
    Marc Levy, Fortune, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • Tire tread depth - Checking your tire tread before hitting the road is important, as low or no tread can lead to sliding.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • The purpose of any heat shield is to be sure the extreme temperatures that objects hitting Earth’s atmosphere experience don’t harm the crew or cargo inside the vehicle.
    Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Previously, Jackman had been convicted of a series of rapes in California, assaulting 20 people in Orange County in 1975 and 1976.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • Police accused the singer of assaulting the officers who were trying to take him into custody.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • And with injuries ravaging Canada’s back line, Sigur has the quality to quickly become an important part of their World Cup.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • But Saeta, which has been outfitting the team since coming to its rescue after the country’s devastating 2010 earthquake, has been struggling to keep up with demands, creating an opening for designers and other vendors selling unofficial merchandise.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • The British government refused to subsidize food prices or restrict exports of Irish agricultural goods, further devastating the island.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Joseph, Nomkhitha and the children stood silently around the dining-room table, trying to calm their pounding hearts; the littlest ones shivered from the cold and fear.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Eight miles down the road, Ragsdale’s friend and Alva’s former ESL teacher Lisa Weinstein woke up to pounding at her door.
    Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, a peacekeeping mission, said Thursday that a Serbian peacekeeper was killed and two others were wounded when shelling hit their base in the country's southeast the previous night.
    Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • The weather and the moon also affect shelling.
    Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
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“Enfilading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfilading. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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