powerful enemy

collocation in English

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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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 ofpowerfulandenemyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Lilburne was no longer of any use to those who had previously sought to protect him, and had become apowerfulenemy, against whom resources had to be marshalled.
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In war, when we were faced with apowerfulenemy, we worked long hours without question and gained a great victory.
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She subsequently reported sighting an unknown and morepowerfulenemyvessel.
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To do that we must achieve superiority in every sphere and in every direction of the war effort against apowerfulenemy, not excepting the sphere of physical fitness.
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At the same time, it is essential that directors and managers in industry should cease thinking of trade union officials as apowerfulenemywho must be resisted.
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He is initially a humorous butpowerfulenemybut quickly becomes nothing more than a comical villain.
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We have defeated apowerfulenemybefore which was colonialism, he said.
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Unbeknownst to the men manning the ships to the northward, apowerfulenemyforce was heading in their direction.
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Black coffee is supposed to be a strong stimulant andpowerfulenemyof sleep.
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His squad then occupied the building and prepared to defend it againstpowerfulenemyaction.
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Due to the use of randomly generated enemies and treasures, in each location there are often a few verypowerfulenemygroups.
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Some items may be purchased or stolen from shops scattered about the caves, though the shopkeeper becomes apowerfulenemyif you steal from him.
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Not only did he lack a powerful patron but there is some suggestion that he may, by injudicious conduct early in his naval career, have made apowerfulenemy.
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He is an older man who wants to make his businesses legitimate, and he eventually acquires a newspaper, which he in turn will use to attack his mostpowerfulenemy.
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Acting as infantry and apowerfulenemy.
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Britain could not afford to challenge three powerful enemies at once.
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Dougram featured a similar plot centered around a small team fighting a running battle with apowerfulenemy, using an advanced giant robotic prototype combat armor.
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It must be remembered that there are powerful enemies of our public owned steel industry.
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No people in modern times have made greater sacrifies or have submitted with greater dignity to humiliations imposed upon them by powerful enemies and false friends.
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