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What does enfilading mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of enfilade
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Knox gave the order, and the cannons blasted their deadly shot, enfilading the Germans and ripping apart the patrols.
Knowing the river below as unfordable, the 22 Scouts rushed the bridge and put out the flames, despite an enfilading fire from some 600 Insurgents.
Immediately upon taking up the position, the battery opened upon the enemy, who was engaging the First Division, completely enfilading the enemy's lines with marked effect.
It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
Curtain walls were studded with towers to allow enfilading fire along the wall.
In Champagne, at Beausejour, we demolished an enemy gun protected by a casemate which was enfilading our trenches.

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