enemy
Example Sentences
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Sworn enemies, Iran and Iraq both attacked oil infrastructure and the president organized naval escorts to protect shipments.
The RN is as ever limited by its enemies' willingness to unite against it, as in Marseille and neighbouring Toulon.
From BBC
"At the moment, due to the particular unity that has been created between you our compatriots... the enemy has been defeated," said Khamenei.
From Barron's
The Marshall Plan used America’s wealth to rebuild its defeated former enemies.
The military said it refused to be beholden to a corporation and pushed back, labeling Anthropic a threat akin to an enemy foreign power and blocking it from some government contracts.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.