enemy camp

collocation in English

meaningsofenemyandcamp

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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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camp
adjective
uk
/kæmp/us
/kæmp/
(of a man) behaving and dressing in a way that some people think is typical of a ...
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(Definition ofenemyandcampfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the obscurity we can see that upheavals are taking place in theenemycamp.
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He decided that he would take the battle into theenemycamp.
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Wittingly or unwittingly, perhaps, some people have already gone some distance into theenemycamp.
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Without any digression, he went straight into the middle of theenemycamp, which inescapably led to him being seized and presented to the emperor.
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It is a warrior's dance in which the movements represent the noiseless approach on theenemycamp, the encounter, the fight, and the victory.
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This is very different from smaller shogi variants, where pieces promote when they cross a "promotion zone" (theenemycamp), and where promotion is optional.
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Sometimes, as in war, for example, the messenger was sent from theenemycamp.
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Some of the front ranks fell, but most of the brigade broke through, their horses jumping the trenches into theenemycamp.
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He ordered his whole army to cross the river and attacked theenemycamp.
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Many times he would cover himself with a gray wolf hide, and sneak alone into anenemycampand scout about.
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Immediately he set out to meet them, engaged their army and comprehensively defeated it, before going on to capture theenemycamp.
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He abandoned theenemycampbefore daybreak and returned to the same mountain from which he had come.
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He followed a general, who was fleeing after a failed martial coup, into theenemycamp.
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Gordon, accompanied only by an interpreter, rode into theenemycampto discuss the situation.
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They are sent flying towards theenemycampfrom an eruptor; and when they get there a sound like a thunder-clap is heard, and flashes of light appear.
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Alfonso now found himself dangerously isolated, with the right wing at some distance and the vanguard attacking theenemycamp.
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Marius noticed bodies floating down the river and so crossed and captured the poorly defendedenemycamp.
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When anenemycampis captured by the player's forces, subsequent areas are made available, using the camp as a way-point to call in reinforcements and proceed.
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A mission involves one or multiple objectives that include stealing, delivery, retrieval, or destruction of certain items or vehicles, assassinating targets, and destruction of anenemycampor stronghold.
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They are sent flying towards theenemycampfrom an eruptor ("mu phao"); and when they get there a sound like a thunder-clap is heard, and flashes of light appear.
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