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enemy
has definitions from the fields of military,games
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[ noun ] (military) an opposing military force
Examples "the enemy attacked at dawn" Used in print ("Editorials"...)If this capacity had not failed them , they would see that their enemy has made a disastrous miscalculation . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)After_all , the average American as he lies and waits for the enemy in Korea or as she scans the newspaper in some vain hope of personal contact with the front is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal , economic and governmental actions far beyond the normal citizen 's comprehension and control . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)Thus , an enemy would probably use this weapon for attack on static population centers such_as large cities . An important operational procedure in BW for an enemy would be to create an aerosol or cloud of agent over the target_area . An enemy would obviously choose an agent that is believed to be highly infectious . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
Synonyms Examples "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" Used in print ("Editorials"...)The appointment of U_Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary_General - at this writing , the choice appears to be certain - offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Even some of the queens will die before the winter is over , falling prey to enemies or disease . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Burial had taken_place at night in the ground at the public crossroads under the gibbet , so that his enemies could not find his body and have it dug_up and burned . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)He was allowed to spend his nights at an inn near the hospital and he was given some extra money to go_to the pachinko parlor - an excellent place to make contact with the enemy . |
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[ adjective ] of or belonging to an enemy
Examples "enemy planes" Used in print ("Editorials"...)The nuclear war is already being fought , except that the bombs are not being dropped on enemy targets - not_yet . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any hostile group of people
Examples "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Had the situation been reversed , had , for_instance , England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New_England , there is little doubt that large_numbers of Southerners would have happily put_on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)In his great and glorious wisdom , he knew that our enemies the Israelites must not be able to read therein what we planned '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (games) a personal enemy
Synonyms Examples "they had been political foes for years" Related terms |
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