Synonyms:
enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
Meaning: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
Synonyms:
foe, enemy
Meaning: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
Usage examples
I am her foe, and would rather die than marry her."
With faces to the foe, they slowly fell back, contesting every inch of ground.
General Ames handled his men with great skill; his deadliest foe could not deny that.
The idea of being fired upon by an unseen foe would, I knew, give Larry a real lift of the spirit.
The stark-heart found footprint of foe who so far had gone in his hidden craft by the creature's head.
To the scouts and skirmishers and to Dick, wandering through the forest, nature was an unmitigated foe.
When the last foe had disappeared, Tip crawled from under the sofas and assisted the Woggle-Bug to follow him.
This was too much, and with another roar which made the princess shake in her shoes, he flung himself upon his foe.
He was in all parts of the field, a fine mark for the guns of the foe, and yet not a shot struck him to do him harm.
Morgan was a fellow of intelligence and, whatever lay back of his designs against me, he was clearly a foe to reckon with.