Thesaurus results for ENFILADE

enfilade

verb

Definition of enfilade

as in to assault

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Recent Examples of enfilade Hood directed artillery fire under enfilading machine-gun fire. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025 Bodies were disfigured by thundering artillery bombardments and the scythe-like enfilade fire from machine guns. — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020 At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units. — Washington Post, 29 May 2018

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The men talked about who would assault the woman beforehand, took photos and recorded the assault, which was also seen on a security system feed at the home in Sullivan's Island, an affluent suburb of Charleston, state agents said.

— MEG KINNARD, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
An assistant football coach at a Detroit high school faces assault with intent to murder, home invasion and related charges in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old child and her mother.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of assault

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Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
Electrons can then leak out of the chain, bonding with oxygen in the wrong parts of the mitochondria to form highly reactive free radicals that attack and deform neighboring molecules.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of attack

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In a process known as autotomy, the assailing bee leaves its stinger operating independently, driven by its own muscles, various glands, neural ganglia, and a venom sac.

— Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Bass assailed Raman over the video, accusing the councilmember of calling the city’s police officers fascist liars.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of assail

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Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hit

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Swarms of police officers and ambulances racing to the grounds of a school ravaged by gunfire has become a familiar scene, and one that represents only the beginning of incalculable pain, loss and trauma.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
For more than 50 years, the house remained vacant, was ravaged by fire, and fell into complete disrepair.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

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