internal enemy

collocation in English

meaningsofinternalandenemy

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internal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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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 ofinternalandenemyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The violence of the armed forces has been unleashed against theinternalenemy, instead of against a common enemy across the border.
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But is defence against theinternalenemyof disease and sickness less necessary than defence against external potential enemies?
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Today, to a large extent, we are fighting aninternalenemy—the fear of poverty.
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They are theinternalenemy.
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The practical segment implied activities against theinternalenemy.
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Claiming that independence would have assured nothing but weak markets, aninternalenemyand strengthened anarchist movements.
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In general, our line is to flee before the external andinternalenemyalike, and not to resist him.
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Political movements with a well-defined ideology of identifying 'internal enemies of the nation' increasingly become a threat to the minority community, particularly if such movements appear to influence state policies.
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She wants these helicopters so as to be able to counter that retribution and destroy her internal enemies.
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The function of the soldier is to defend the nation against external and internal enemies.
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Corrupt, cruel and oppressive regimes create their own internal enemies.
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The commissioners were required to organise, arm and train the county forces for purposes of defence against external or internal enemies of the kingdom.
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If a person is virtually a prisoner of arishadvargas (the six internal enemies of kama, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and matsarya), then his life is totally governed by the destiny.
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