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Enemy line

//ˈɛnəmi ˈlaɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The line of battle of one's enemy.

    "The approach at Trafalgar was from the windward, but Vice Admiral [Cuthbert] Collingwood did order his division to deploy in line of bearing so that the enemy line would be cut in many places, and engaged from the other side, or both sides."

  2. 2
    The boundary of the territory controlled by the enemy. also, figuratively, plural-normally

    "The aviation service can, in two hours, go 100 miles back of enemy lines and return, bringing important information."

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