enemy plane

collocation in English

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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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plane
noun[C]
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition ofenemyandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a different story in war where men are prepared to devote themselves to death rather than let theenemyplaneget past.
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The player can also play as anenemyplaneby pressing the right directional key.
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He immediately attacked and destroyed oneenemyplaneand forced the others to disperse in confusion.
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Theenemyplanethen turned on its back then fell out of the sky apparently out of control.
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But, before she could fire again on the second ship, anenemyplanewas sighted.
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At 2200, she hit anenemyplanewhich burst into flame and illuminated the moonless overcast night before splashing off the stern of the ship.
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Her gunners sped to battle stations, opened fire, and blasted oneenemyplaneout of the sky.
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The thirdenemyplaneturned and avoided combat.
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His fifth battle, shortly thereafter, appeared inconclusive, as theenemyplanemanaged to land safely.
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At 0755, a secondenemyplanecame in firing; crossed the bow at 500 ft and crashed away.
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After driving off anenemyplane, encountered before reaching the balloons, he soon came upon five balloons in ascension one kilometer apart.
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A few minutes later he engaged a secondenemyplaneat very close range.
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That evening, she was strafed by anenemyplane.
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Burning as it passed over the ship, theenemyplanecrashed more than a mile away.
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He saw the first plane go down, but was attacked by the secondenemyplane.
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On the next day, while leading a patrol, he met and sent down in flames anenemyplanewhile it was engaged in reglage work.
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Just after noon, a torpedo launched by anenemyplanebroached in the wake of, announcing the approach of an air raid.
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The old destroyer doggedly put up a good defenseshooting down one, and possibly, a second,enemyplane.
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Unconfirmed victories were also noted if theenemyplanewas seen to spin out of control but the final end was not observed.
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At about 2200, her radar picked up anenemyplaneon the port quarter, 3700 yards out but closing fast.
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