enfilade fire

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enfilade fire Meaning of "enfilade fire"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation

Usage(s):

  1. Between it and a troop of French Colonials on its left was a jutting mound and rock quarry from which a nest of German machine guns spat a relentless enfilade fire.
  2. Even without the enfilade fire that has preceded its arrival, this series would still be the one sure hit of the new TV season.
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