enemy territory

noun

: an area of land that belongs to or is controlled by the enemy

Examples of enemy territory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Vrabel, on the other hand, has called for the Patriots to go for it often when in enemy territory with fewer than six yards to go. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026

When the bombers went into enemy territory, the ones carrying a Goblin would open their bomb bays and lower the tiny fighter on a dirty big trapeze. —New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026

Baltimore Ravens fans loaded up on charter buses on Sunday at Jimmy's Famous Seafood to go into enemy territory for a winner-take-all game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. —Adam Thompson, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026

The Defense Department’s budget for quadcopters is relatively small, however, according to Ryan Tseng, so Shield AI pivoted in 2021 via its acquisition of the V-BAT, a towering surveillance drone capable of flying up to 18,000 feet and for 13 hours into enemy territory. —Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for enemy territory

• nondiscriminatory
• thermoregulatory
• accusatory
• admonitory
• ambulatory
• amendatory
• celebratory
• circulatory
• combinatory
• commendatory
• compensatory
• condemnatory