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enemy

[en-uh-mee] / ˈɛn ə mi /
NOUN
someone hated or competed against
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adversary agent antagonist attacker bandit competitor criminal detractor foe guerrilla invader murderer opponent opposition prosecutor rebel rival spy terrorist traitor villain
STRONG
assailant assassin backbiter betrayer contender defamer defiler disputant emulator falsifier informer inquisitor revolutionary saboteur slanderer traducer vilifier
WEAK
archenemy asperser bad person calumniator fifth column other side seditionist
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ally associate friend helper law police supporter
WEAK
aide assistant confidante

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One bright afternoon, Obama took in a baseball game with then-President Raúl Castro, the leaders of longtime enemy nations chatting behind home plate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Having dismissed pop culture as barely worthy of his attention, he moves on to his main enemy, middlebrow culture:

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

War has handed Tehran what it sees as a new weapon - Azizi described this highly strategic strait Iran has managed to weaponise during this conflict as "one of our assets to face the enemy".

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

A blockade tends to fail because “policymakers always underestimate the options for the enemy to get around it,” Broadberry says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

And with his enemy staring down at him from atop the jungle gym.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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