There are no perfect rhymes for the word escapades.

Enfilade/defilade fires, direct fire, indirect fire, fire suppression, final protective lines.. there's a few different types, and it's impossible to be specific with a question worded so vaguely as this one is.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern --F-LAD-. That is, eight letter words with 3rd letter F and 5th letter L and 6th letter A and 7th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are:

defilade

enfilade

In military terminology, the French term enfilade implies that an enemy formation should be fired upon at it longest axis. A column should be fired on from the front or rear. A rank should be attacked from the flank. The rationale is that a maximum number of rounds fired will find a target in this configuration. This always works when using mass fire techniques. The naval equivalent is the "magical crossing the T". Precision weapons are not dependent on this tactic. (But precision is a relative term, and despite what you may see on television, bombs, bullets and rockets all have a margin of error).

There were 5 Beaches. Gold, Juno & Sword were British/Canadian/British. Utah & Omaha were US. Omaha was referred to as 'Bloody Omaha' because of the (Relatively) high casualty rate, the infantry were caught in enfilade fire from the defenders, but it was still a successful landing.