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View definitions for enfilade

enfilade

noun as in gunfire

noun as in volley

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Example Sentences

As that big oblong crowd of Turks showed their left flank to Baikie's nine batteries they were swept in enfilade by shrapnel.

If successful, it was to enfilade the Wylie kopjes from that position.

In a gleam of sunshine, the variety of tints and lights thrown upon this enfilade, are uncommonly rich.

Meanwhile three Turkish brigs came to the rescue, and got into position so as to enfilade the beach.

They could thus, by firing eastwards from this redoubt, rake No Mans Land in direct enfilade.

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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to enfilade, such as: blast, bombardment, fusillade, gunfire, hail, and salvo.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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