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enfilade

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛnfəlˈeɪd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted adeefilnStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation

Word origin

Borrowed from French enfilade.

Used in a sentence

  • Uncle Charles, a truly unparalleled slinger of shit, is laying down an enfilade of same, trying to mollify men who seem way more in need of a good brow-mopping than I.
  • In minutes they had gained the top, fell prone, and began to pour deadly repeater-fire into the enemy below while their compatriots raked the top of the coulee with an enfilade.
  • A great quantity of artillery was placed upon the eminence, so as to batter and enfilade the left of their intrenchments.

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