Enemy
//ˈɛn.ə.mi//
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The word "enemy" can be used as noun and verb.
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archenemy be one's own worst enemy better is the enemy of good class enemy enemedia enemy action enemy combatant enemy image enemy line enemy of the people enemy of the state enemy-like enemydom enemyhood enemyism enemyless enemylike enemyness enemyship enemyslash enemywise frenemy how goes the enemy let the perfect be the enemy of the good make the perfect the enemy of the good my enemy's enemy is my friend no plan survives contact with the enemy nonenemy perfect is the enemy of good perfect is the enemy of good enough perfection is the enemy of good public enemy public enemy number one the best is the enemy of the good the better is the enemy of the good the enemy of my enemy is my friend the enemy of your enemy is your friend the perfect is the enemy of the good worst enemy
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adversary against against us against you alliance anemone antagonist arch arch nemesis arch rival army bad bad guy bad guys bad opponent bad people bad person baddie battle battles combat combatant dislike dislike person disliked doer enmity evil evil doer fighting fighting against fights foe foes for force forces friend guy guys harmful hated hated person hatred hostile in me in war injury interest like like foe military military opponent nation nemesis opponent opponent foe opposing opposing forces opposition people person relationship rival soldier thing threat threatening unfriendly us villain war war combatant war foe war opponent war opposition war zone warfare wars wartime wartime combatant weapons you zone
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