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enfilade

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈen-fə-ˌlād, -ˌläd\
    • /ˌen.fɪ.ˈleɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈen-fə-ˌlād, -ˌläd\

Definitions of enfilade word

  • noun enfilade A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end. 1
  • noun enfilade a position or formation subject to fire from a flank along the length of its front 0
  • verb enfilade to subject (a position or formation) to fire from a flank 0
  • verb enfilade to position (troops or guns) so as to be able to fire at a flank 0
  • noun enfilade gunfire, from either flank, directed along the length of a column or line of troops 0
  • noun enfilade a disposition or placement of troops that makes them vulnerable to such fire 0
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Parts of speech for Enfilade

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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enfilade popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for enfilade

verb enfilade

  • rake — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
  • pepper — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
  • spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
  • shoot — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
  • hoe — Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.

noun enfilade

  • blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • fusillade — a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
  • gunfire — the firing of a gun or guns.
  • hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
All 59 Synonyms of enfilade

Antonyms for enfilade

verb enfilade

  • disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
  • distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
  • divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
  • plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
All 5 Antonyms of enfilade

Top questions with enfilade

  • what is enfilade fire?

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