mortal enemy

collocation in English

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mortal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɔː.təl/us
/ˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
(of living things, especially people) unable to continue living for ever; having ...
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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 ofmortalandenemyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He described himself as themortalenemyof mere words or what he also called empty names.
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Fioravante, amortalenemyof the king's and a magician, turned himself into a man with golden hair and golden teeth.
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Ted is furious that the group spent time with hismortalenemy.
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They also have very high magic immunity which protects them frommortalenemymagic, but also prevents them from receiving beneficial magic such as teaching or healing.
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What he does not imagine is that the sorceress will not abort her son, or that his faithful demon servant will fall in love with hismortalenemy.
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It was a serious setback for the party, at the same time turning once intimate friends into mortal enemies.
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Neither of those two formerly mortal enemies entertained the notion first, but eventually they were brought round to realise the potential benefits.
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Assisted by their mortal enemies, the asuras, they churn the ocean and create (among other wonderful things) amrit, the nectar of immortality.
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He reveals that his brotherly concern was a charade, and that brothers in his clan are mortal enemies.
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It also turned once intimate friends into mortal enemies.
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The pride, which in the past had made these cities mortal enemies, now served to unite them.
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They had a part in a betrayal which would have delivered us, defenceless, to our mortal enemies.
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Spiders flee from the basilisk, as they are mortal enemies.
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She also believes herself to be descended from dwarven kings, and believes that trolls are her mortal enemies.
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When the six months was up, the pair became mortal enemies and went on each other's shows to feud.
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Now werewolves have overthrown their mortal enemies and are running rampant in the casino.
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All of the diurnal raptors see owls as mortal enemies in competition with them for food and territory.
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The shrykes and goblins meet up in the sewers and, being mortal enemies, begin to attack each other.
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The two mortal enemies are suddenly thrown together by fate.
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This divergence, was in a few short weeks to turn the two old and once intimate friends into mortal enemies.
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