enemy

Definition for enemy

noun as in someone hated or competed against

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adversary, agent, antagonist, attacker, bandit, competitor, criminal, detractor, foe, guerrilla, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, prosecutor, rebel, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain

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assailant, assassin, backbiter, betrayer, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, informer, inquisitor, revolutionary, saboteur, slanderer, traducer, vilifier

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archenemy, asperser, bad person, calumniator, fifth column, other side, seditionist

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Always a sour type who liked to whine that he had always been treated unfairly, he nurtured a long list of grievances against a long list of perceived enemies.

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"The answer, we know from the Gospel, is love and always love. Love for our enemies, and love for those who persecute us."

From BBC

Recently Lee said he would stand with the US in the new world order that is emerging, but speaking to him, it is clear he wants to avoid making enemies in the process.

From BBC

That compromise has now been breached by dedicated and determined enemies of democracy, and the institutions can do nothing to stop them.

From Salon

That can happen when a soldier is ordered to torture, abuse or kill an enemy combatant or, worse yet, to harm civilians.

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