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   enfilade

   /ˌɛnfɪˈleɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end: "they were mown down by an enfilade of artillery"
   • 2. a suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other.

   verb

   • 1. direct a volley of gunfire along the length of (a target): "a sweeping crossfire enfiladed our riflemen"

   Word Origin early 18th century (denoting the position of a military post commanding the length of a line): from French, from enfiler ‘thread on a string, pierce from end to end’, from en- ‘in, on’ + fil ‘thread’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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