Enemy means: Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. Related words include rival or people. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Enemy in practice.

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Enemy in a sentence

Enemy meaning

  1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
  2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
  3. Something harmful or threatening to another

Synonyms of Enemy

foe rival people resister opposer opponent antagonist adversary opposition foeman force military group military force military unit challenger

Example sentences (20)

The analyst emphasized the Machiavellian principle, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," in diplomatic strategies.

He would compile enemy speeches, films, newsreels, newspaper articles, with a list of the enemy's hostile actions.

After hitting one enemy on their return trip every subsequent enemy hit will suffer a critical hit (3.5x damage).

Maanpetos consists in joining enemy armed forces, making war against Finland, or serving or collaborating with the enemy.

If an enemy fleet ran, then the Invincibles would use their speed to pursue, and their guns to damage or slow enemy ships.

Some of the enemy began to fight again and some Sikh warriors were annoyed by Bhai Kanhaiya as he was helping their enemy.

Coups may include stealing horses unseen, touching a living enemy, or stealing a gun from an enemy’s grasp.

In battle, they were used to disrupt and outflank enemy infantry formations and to fight off enemy cavalry.

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Foot mobile, their frontline mission is to infiltrate or flank enemy lines to envelop or mount rear attacks on enemy forces.

In November, China issued a stern warning to Australia basically saying “if you treat us as an enemy, we will be your enemy”.

It also stands to reason that anyone who sympathizes with the enemy or gives aid or comfort to said enemy is likewise guilty.

Fear, the Pope explained, is always the enemy of goodness, because it is the enemy of love and peace.

Without identifying the enemy, he said he was standing guard watching all that enemy’s machinations.

Someone probably wants to grab the Enemy Scanner, which displays rough enemy positions on its screen—even through doors and walls.

If there are any enemy discs on the board, a player must make contact, directly or indirectly, with an enemy disc during the shot.

These techniques allow us to hit the enemy without hitting civilians, despite the fact that the enemy wants us to hit their civilians.

Care must be taken to differentiate innocent civilians who often hide and support the enemy from the non-uniformed armed enemy forces.

Most wars had other causes but they reinforced mercantilism by clearly defining the enemy, and justified damage to the enemy's economy.

Use enemy ahead to share target designation: In the text chat there's an "enemy ahead" option.

In the latter event, he both takes the side of the enemy and gives the enemy aid and comfort.

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Common combinations with enemy

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "enemy" in a sentence?
An example: "The analyst emphasized the Machiavellian principle, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," in diplomatic strategies." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "enemy" from real English texts.
What does "enemy" mean?
Enemy means: Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
What are synonyms of "enemy"?
Common synonyms of "enemy" include: foe, rival, people, resister, opposer, opponent, antagonist, adversary. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "enemy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "enemy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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