enemy line
/ˈɛnəmi ˈlaɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The line of battle of one's enemy.
noun
The boundary of the territory controlled by the enemy.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Once the two fleets had met, it was then likely, if not inevitable, that only some of the attacking fleet would make it through the enemy line."
- "With this assault they drive back the thin enemy line, pressing forward through the disordered enemy."
- "The aviation service can, in two hours, go 100 miles back of enemy lines and return, bringing important information."
- "As we Christians serve our Lord and Master in this world, we are living and working behind enemy lines."
- "There are, however, other practitioners of magic in the cycle that have no concern for God or for the good; the genealogy of this enemy knowledge is clear, and serves as a memorable cautionary tale. For Merlin himself founds this enemy line by dint of a horrendous pedagogical error: victim of the entirely natural magic of falling in love, Merlin teaches Vivian "tel cose quil ne uaut onques a autrui ensegnier", thus signing his own death warrant."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛnəmi ˈlaɪn/
- British English: /ˈɛnəmi ˈlaɪn/