Meaning of enemy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
2. Of, relating to, or being a hostile power or force.
3. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
4. Something harmful or threatening to another
5. One who is hostile to or opposes the purposes or interests of another:archenemy, foe, nemesis.
6. Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
   attributive
7. One who feels hatred toward, intends injury to, or opposes another; a foe.
8. A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
9. A hostile power or force, such as a nation.
10. A group of foes or hostile forces. See Usage Note at collective noun.
11. a person hostile or opposed to a policy, cause, person, or group, esp one who actively tries to do damage; opponent
12. (Military) a. an armed adversary; opposing military force
13. a hostile nation or people
14. something that harms or opposes; adversary: courage is the enemy of failure.
15. a person who hates, opposes, or fosters harmful designs against another; hostile opponent.

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Examples

“under enemy duress”

“He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.”

“You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.”

“If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.”

“Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together. Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.”

“I am a known enemy and I cannot say more than I already said. And my books and my articles and my magazine- whatever could happen to the publication has already happened. What else? They can kill me. OK, you know, nobody promised me that I'm going to live forever.”

“Rally together against a common enemy.”

“The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy. Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.”

“The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.”

“Use gadgets like Nakishkas to fend off enemies.”

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