Enfilade Fire (Noun)
Meaning
Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The enemy was positioned in a way that made them vulnerable to enfilade fire from the neighboring hill.
- The general ordered his men to retreat and avoid the enfilade fire that was cutting down their ranks.
- Enfilade fire raked the length of the formation, causing heavy casualties and widespread panic.
- The soldiers tried to take cover behind a nearby wall to escape the deadly enfilade fire.
- The well-placed machine gun position allowed the defenders to unleash a devastating enfilade fire on the advancing troops.