as in opponent
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemy
Like its predecessor, Age of Imprisonment isn’t exactly a typical Zelda game, instead borrowing the design of musou series like Dynasty Warriors for hard-hitting combat against hordes of enemies.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
The future came to be seen as the enemy of both past and present.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Wala said that framing enables the government to treat migrants and asylum seekers as enemy combatants.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
But those attacks and operations were only carried out in enemy states, such as the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and of Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
The future came to be seen as the enemy of both past and present.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Wala said that framing enables the government to treat migrants and asylum seekers as enemy combatants.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
But those attacks and operations were only carried out in enemy states, such as the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and of Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enemy
Noun
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Deakins has two opponents so far in the contest for the Republican Party nomination.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was an opponent of transgender rights advocates and was discussing transgender mass shootings when he was fatally shot.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The teams may again meet this weekend in a match-up that will again stoke the political machinations between the foes.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Master Chief, much like the Doom Slayer, dwarfed most of his foes and was nigh-on invulnerable.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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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 20 Sep. 2025.
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