enemy fighter

collocation in English

meaningsofenemyandfighter

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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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fighter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.tər/us
/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone who fights in a battle or in a physical fight against ...
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(Definition ofenemyandfighterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During this action an engagement with enemy fighters took place as a result of which oneenemyfighter was destroyed and other losses are believed to have been inflicted.
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All of his wins were overenemyfighterplanes.
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He also destroyed 11enemyfighterplanes, and drove down eight out of control.
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His final tally was a balloon and threeenemyfighterplanes destroyed and five enemy planes driven down out of control.
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Makijonek was waylaid en route by anenemyfighter, and engaged it.
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In summary, only three of his victories were the soft out of control sort, and all but two were overenemyfighterplanes.
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They would arrive over the target some 20 minutes ahead of the bombers reporting weather conditions, cloud level andenemyfighteractivity.
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His final tally was sevenenemyfighterplanes destroyed, and six driven down out of control.
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He engaged anenemyfighter, but failed to score any hits and nearly collided with it instead.
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Because they were large and slow, these aircraft made easy targets forenemyfighteraircraft.
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On one occasion he dived through a strongenemyfighterscreen to destroy a bomber.
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He got his first victory by firing when within 50m of theenemyfighter.
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When approaching to attack, the bomber received devastating bursts of fire from anenemyfighter.
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The rear gunner was wounded in the foot but delivered a burst of fire sending theenemyfighterdown, apparently out of control.
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The credits also note (inaccurately, but a common belief of the time) that the 332nd never lost a single bomber toenemyfighteraction.
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The human fighter crashed into the ocean and oneenemyfightersurvived.
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He was soon back in action, and four days later shared in the destruction of anotherenemyfighter.
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The goal is to destroy allenemyfighterjets and helicopters that attack the player's helicopter and the friendly trucks traveling below.
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Mller's final victory toll included 22enemyfighterplanes among his 36 victims.
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