enfilade

Examples

• All

• You will lay down an enfilade fire, and I'll go out under it.

  Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

• Trenches traverse to contain explosions and to prevent enfilade firing should the enemy gain control of any part of them.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The soldiers were vulnerable to enfilade fire from the opposing forces positioned on the hill.

• During the battle, the general ordered an enfilade to target the enemy's long line of troops.

• The trench was designed to minimize the risk of enfilade attacks from enemy artillery.

Synonyms

F

fusillade

vsenfilade

• Literature

3 9.5

A quick series of gunshots or attacks that happen at once

focuses on firing direction along length rather than rate or rhythm

E

enfilade fire

vsenfilade

• Specialized

1 9.9

Gunfire that goes along the length of a line of soldiers, causing heavy damage

is the same directional attack but without emphasising its effect

Idioms

I

in an enfilade

• Specialized

9.9

Placed in a straight line so people can see or shoot along the length

Compounds

E

enfilade fire

• Specialized

1 9.9

Gunfire that goes along the length of a line of soldiers, causing heavy damage

E

enfilade of rooms

• Specialized

9.9

A line of rooms with doorways in a straight line so you can see through

Surface Forms

Etymology