enemy
noun, plural en·e·mies.
adjective
Origin of enemy
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murderer, spy, terrorist, competitor, rival, guerrilla, agent, detractor, bandit, foe, villain, traitor, rebel, opposition, invader, criminal, adversary, antagonist, opponent, prosecutorExamples from the Web for enemy
Contemporary Examples of enemy
But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim PresidentPierre Assouline
January 9, 2015
It was followed by several told-you-so articles with titles like “Have No Illusion: Islam Is the Enemy.”
In “Steal This Episode,” the filmmaker denounces Homer Simpson as an “enemy of art.”
Here’s the Lost Judd Apatow ‘Simpsons’ Episode, Penned by Judd ApatowAsawin Suebsaeng
January 6, 2015
“Do not use complaints, courts and lawyers to beat and to silence the enemy,” the NOA activists wrote.
In the event, the enemy did plenty—far more than SHAEF, or for that matter the German high command, imagined possible.
Historical Examples of enemy
From one enemy of Robert the transition is brief and natural to another.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Having a partiality for Robert, this was not likely to recommend his enemy in her eyes.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
They were built upon high cliffs and rumor had it that no enemy could take them.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
How little has been the effect of this example on the conduct of the enemy!
We cannot expect to make everyone our friend, but we can try to make no one our enemy.