as in enemies
something or someone that is hated
cruelty to animals is one of my most deeply felt antipathies
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Noun
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Those who relish killing people not only create more enemies but forget that it has been promised that fire would lead to Armageddon.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026 -
And their drone and missile strikes on their Muslim neighbors, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, are only creating new enemies.—
Donald Heflin,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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Players can focus on damaging adversaries with firearms or eliminating them with Diana’s hacks.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Other provisions in the bill include new due diligence standards to prevent any tech developed by the startups from falling into the hands of adversaries such as China.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Are people with extreme anxiety and phobias dangerous to the people around them?—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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This, Wright imagined, was one way Proxi might display its analysis of players’ minds, an aerial map of loves, phobias, triumphs, losses, pets, and near misses plus all the associations connecting them.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Succession Wars took a much darker turn thanks to the development of not just Battlemechs but of horrible flesh and steel monsters called abominations.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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While there are a lot of dupes for the Nugget out there, make sure your play couch has removable washable covers, soft fabric, and reversed hideaway zippers to avoid irritation for a child with tactical sensory aversions.—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
3 Feb. 2026
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Love, the middle film, may be the highlight — a continually surprising drama about co-workers, one a straight woman and the other a gay man, who find their aversions to commitment getting challenged over the course of a summer.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Antipathies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipathies. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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