greatest enemy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandenemy
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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enemy
noun
uk/ˈen.ə.mi/us/ˈen.ə.mi/
a person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm them or stop them from ...
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(Definition ofgreatandenemyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The chapter concludes with showstoppers to this vision such as bolide impacts, climatic change, astronomical catastrophes and, of course, humanity'sgreatestenemy, itself.
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Our greatest evil is within ourselves, ourgreatestenemyis among us.
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Given their own weaknesses and the lack of alternatives, this collaboration was presumably seen as a necessary measure to overcome thegreatestenemy, the left.
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Thegreatestenemyof peace and freedom is the policy of intimidation, which buys short-term peace at the expense of truth and justice.
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In my humble opinion, thegreatestenemyof the sea at the moment is the use of detergents.
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One of the greatest difficulties with which they have to deal, and theirgreatestenemy, is the balloon barrage.
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To-day we have heard that ourgreatestenemyis rumour.
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Thegreatestenemyof common sense in such matters is the assumption that a particular method is a panacea, when it patently is not.
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But the sea was not thegreatestenemyin the recent crisis.
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Thegreatestenemyof the genuine asylum seeker is the unfounded application.
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Educated citizens are thegreatestenemyof dictators and totalitarian regimes.
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Thegreatestenemyof business confidence is uncertainty, and the greatest cause of uncertainty is the possibility of sudden tax changes or tax rises.
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Fog is thegreatestenemyof safety in flying.
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The urban populations have been thegreatestenemyof agricultural progress, not only in this country but in every country in the world.
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I would end by saying, with my noble friend who has just sat down, that ourgreatestenemyis the arms race.
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I would say in passing that thegreatestenemyof the small and medium-sized business is, in fact, the large business.
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Thegreatestenemyof good industrial relationships is unemployment.
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He has ranged over a very wide field, but he has not mentioned for one moment thegreatestenemyof the living theatre, television.
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Believing that to be thegreatestenemy, where then is the greatest weakness in that enemy?
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