as in opponent
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemy
The bilateral drills in the Arabian Sea come after China, which has developed advanced weapons designed to sink enemy ships ships, deployed aircraft to conduct simulated missile attacks on a British warship off the country's coastline last month.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Likewise, evil will not be defeated by the emergence of an individual Chosen One, a lone hero possessed of a wand powerful enough to subdue his enemy.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
When too many brilliant performances share the same ballot line, excellence becomes its own worst enemy.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
The second rule is that yesterday's allies are tomorrow's enemies, and vice versa.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Likewise, evil will not be defeated by the emergence of an individual Chosen One, a lone hero possessed of a wand powerful enough to subdue his enemy.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
When too many brilliant performances share the same ballot line, excellence becomes its own worst enemy.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
The second rule is that yesterday's allies are tomorrow's enemies, and vice versa.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enemy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enemy
Noun
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Not for nothing did the sports division fork over a bundle for the rights to license the Roundball Rock theme—which for years effectively served as the soundtrack to Jordan crushing the dreams of his opponents—from its shooting guard-size composer, John Tesh.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi won a vote of 237-149 in the lower house of parliament over her closest opponent, Yoshihiko Noda.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Children’s Health Defense, the organization Kennedy built into one of the fiercest foes of childhood vaccines, took interest in the Idaho bill early on.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
20 Oct. 2025
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That would of course include a victory in the season finale against cross-town foe Southern California.—
Eddie Timanus,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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And, unfortunately, the monitoring idea was born into a world hostile to its very premise.—
Robert S. Gable,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 July 2017
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“Enemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enemy. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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