enfilade
have enfiladed
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present perfectof enfilade.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The result of this skirmish, however, allowed the enemy armoured train to advance to a point dangerously near our defensive works, which, with a little more enterprise and determination, he might easily have enfiladed.
From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by John Ward
Meanwhile the Boers were getting guns on to a kopje where they might have enfiladed one of our most important lines of defence.
From Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith by H. H. S. (Henry Hiram Steere) Pearse
On this day, the 16th, when we hear of his leaving Grierson for the third time, his headquarters should have been in Scarlet, and his guns should have enfiladed the weak posts of Piffle.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
