: an area of land that belongs to or is controlled by the enemy
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Stranded in an unfamiliar area that she's known as enemy territory, Chang must rely on strangers to find her way back home.—Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 May 2026 The Broncos will play 10 games in 2026 against teams that made the playoffs last year, and that’s not even counting a Week 1 Monday Night Football opener against the Kansas City Chiefs in enemy territory.—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 May 2026 Such a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory.—NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026 That left an Air Force weapons systems officer, separated from his crewmate, somewhere deep inside enemy territory, armed with a handgun, encrypted communication and a location beacon.—James Laporta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enemy territory