as in opponent
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemy
White soldiers were reluctant to serve alongside the largely Black battalion, so the Harlem Hellfighters fought alongside the Allied French, fighting off enemy soldiers and becoming the first unit to reach the Rhine River.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Designed for flexibility, the radar can also adjust within milliseconds when enemy tactics shift.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Dealing with internal conflicts of identity while being threatened by external enemies is not unique to Israel.
—Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
In the scope of housework, hard water stains are high on the list of public enemies in my home.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Designed for flexibility, the radar can also adjust within milliseconds when enemy tactics shift.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Dealing with internal conflicts of identity while being threatened by external enemies is not unique to Israel.
—Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
In the scope of housework, hard water stains are high on the list of public enemies in my home.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enemy
Noun
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These projections estimate how many points each team would be expected to score and allow in a game against an average opponent at a neutral site.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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About a half-dozen opponents outside of ACC play are projected to be among the country's top 75 teams.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Green Bay went 1-5 against divisional foes in 2005, though, and Sherman was fired one day after the season ended.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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All four of its losses came to Detroit and the Rams, a pair of excellent foes.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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