[ US /ˈɛnəmi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛnəmi/ ]
NOUN
  1. any hostile group of people
    he viewed lawyers as the real enemy
  2. a personal enemy
    they had been political foes for years
  3. an opposing military force
    the enemy attacked at dawn
  4. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
    a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
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How To Use enemy In A Sentence

  • Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • enemy fire was intense
  • On the evening of 24 May 1941, British lieutenant commander Malcolm Wanklyn, in command of the submarine Upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off Sicily.
  • Using the manual option allows you to attempt to disable the enemy boat's sails with chain shot, destroy the boat's hull with cannonballs, or kill off the crew with grapeshot.
  • One of the first aims of propaganda is to dehumanize the enemy in the public mind.
  • Granted, people often clump together for mutual protection from an outside enemy. Christianity Today
  • She was still my sworn enemy who was trying to tear me down in whatever way possible.
  • The massacre was carried out by enemy troops.
  • Consequently a number of Navajo Indians were drafted into the US army as radiomen, and would have soldiers assigned to them to protect them and prevent them falling into enemy hands.
  • The crew are split up and captured by the strange enemy on a planet that luckily has an atmosphere identical to Earth 's. The Sun
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