Definitions

enfilade

[en-fuh-leyd, -lahd, en-fuh-leyd, -lahd] / ˈɛn fəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, ˌɛn fəˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd /

NOUN

barrage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blast bombardment fusillade gunfire hail salvo shelling shower storm volley

STRONG

battery broadside cannonade crossfire discharge fire

WEAK

curtain of fire

NOUN

gunfire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artillery barrage blast bombardment burst detonation firing shooting thunder volley

STRONG

crackle discharge salvo shots

WEAK

cannonading

NOUN

volley

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burst crossfire firing gunfire salvo

STRONG

battery bombardment cannonade hail round shelling shower storm

WEAK

fussilade

VERB

rake

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comb scour scrape

STRONG

clear collect examine gather grade graze grub harrow hunt ransack rasp remove rummage scan scratch scrutinize search smooth sweep weed

WEAK

break up clean up clear up fine-comb fine-tooth-comb

Antonyms

STRONG

disperse distribute divide plant scatter

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Enfilade fire, the most telling of all, is more easily brought to bear than of old owing to the increase in the effective range and in the rate of fire.

From Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

enfilade

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