nemeses

plural of nemesis
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as in vigilantes
one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense Batman is the Joker's main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots

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Recent Examples of nemeses The Nevermore kids soon encounter their ideal nemeses in a troop of normie paramilitary Boy Scout types who’ve reserved the camp for the same days. Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nemeses
Noun
  • So there's going to be people, vigilantes, superheroes that are involved in that.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Armed with clubs and pistols, vigilantes went door to door, herding more than three hundred men, women, and children through the streets and out of town.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arbitrary rulemaking and punishments, absurdism and fringe beliefs are part and parcel of Lanthimos’ storytelling.
    Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The college football season has now reached its midway point, and while numerous punishments have already been handed down to programs this year—most stemming from field-storming incidents—Tuesday brought a notable enforcement under a different policy.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The source of a zombie outbreak can come from anywhere, including ancient curses and meteorites from space.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That mindset leads to no shortage of delightfully blasé supernatural adventures rife with magic and curses.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2021, the state implemented several new and stricter penalties for hazing after 19-year-old Timothy Piazza, a New Jersey resident, died after being forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol while attending Penn State University.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In July, Louisiana enacted a similar drone law that gives law enforcement the authority to intercept and disable unauthorized drones that pose a public safety threat, with penalties up to a $5,000 fine or one year in jail.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With increasing space traffic from various nations and private companies, keeping tabs on potential collisions and threats becomes crucial.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That marked a significant cooling of tensions, after a recent volley of tariff threats and fresh export curbs threatened to derail the bilateral relationship.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But along with ready cash, the laissez-faire approach brought the banes of corruption, criminal infiltration, and rampant pollution.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The aforementioned around-town mileage, for example, was one of the biggest banes of the Jeep owner's existence.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps the most familiar trope of Scooby-Doo stories is the resolution, where our investigators unmask the human villains who are menaces dressed as monsters.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These phantom menaces don’t seem to bother Todd at all, though Indy is understandably upset by them.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Nemeses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nemeses. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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