as in foes
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemies
Lower courts have ruled Trump overstepped his authority under a law historically used for imposing economic sanctions and other penalties on foreign enemies.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
High-level American visits to Israel during times of crisis are not unprecedented – President Joe Biden rushed to Tel Aviv days after October 7, 2023, in a powerful solidarity visit, warning Israel’s enemies not to get involved, with his Secretary of State Antony Blinken following multiple times.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
That said, while each companion’s abilities bring something to the table, they get downed by enemies a lot, which renders their abilities unusable until they can be revived.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Although these years boasted relative prosperity and stability, the Weimar Republic always had its enemies.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The government also saw no potential threat from an atomic bomb in the hands of enemies or rivals.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
This isn’t necessary to finish the game and often includes extra enemies, difficulty levels, weapons or clothes to enhance the experience.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Birds, parasitic wasps, ladybugs, and other predatory insects are enemies of fall armyworms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
High-level American visits to Israel during times of crisis are not unprecedented – President Joe Biden rushed to Tel Aviv days after October 7, 2023, in a powerful solidarity visit, warning Israel’s enemies not to get involved, with his Secretary of State Antony Blinken following multiple times.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
That said, while each companion’s abilities bring something to the table, they get downed by enemies a lot, which renders their abilities unusable until they can be revived.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Although these years boasted relative prosperity and stability, the Weimar Republic always had its enemies.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The government also saw no potential threat from an atomic bomb in the hands of enemies or rivals.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
This isn’t necessary to finish the game and often includes extra enemies, difficulty levels, weapons or clothes to enhance the experience.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Birds, parasitic wasps, ladybugs, and other predatory insects are enemies of fall armyworms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enemies
Noun
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So Florida divided up the region between coaches, struggling to maintain consistency against a growing number of more aggressive foes.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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The fans reveled in the rally, the thrashing of Goliath, the awareness that this World Series pitted two foes who belonged on the same field.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Welbeck, who has four goals in his last three games, is an expert at dragging opponents out of position.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Those moves all paid off in the form of a dominant regular season and a playoffs which saw Oklahoma City race past most of its opponents, eventually beating the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals in seven games to secure the franchise’s first title since moving from Seattle in 2008.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Enemies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enemies. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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