external enemy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexternalandenemy
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external
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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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 ofexternalandenemyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If, however, the dimension of the real is taken into account, what is important is precisely not to focus on an 'externalenemy'.
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This was jihad against anexternalenemy.
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It was anexternalenemy, but nevertheless, industry was keyed up, and joint consultation was readily acknowledged because of thatexternalenemy.
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The wounds from which this country is bleeding today have not been inflicted by anexternalenemy.
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My answer then was that that was to meet anexternalenemy.
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If we are concerned only with defending ourselves against theexternalenemywe could betray the hopes and aspirations of those we are defending.
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We spend enormous sums of money in defending the country against external enemies, but in an island what greaterexternalenemycan there be than the seas around our shores?
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Money, especially money given to governments for their help against anexternalenemy, can not buy legitimacy.
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The state also used proxies to fight its domestic and external enemies.
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Fundamentalists embrace social organizational and technological change on a selective basis, provided the changes are consonant with their own values and help them combat their internal and external enemies.
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Professional soldiers only fight external enemies.
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They were quite ready to go on selling armaments used only for defence against external enemies.
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I refer, of course, to the security of our people in relation to external enemies.
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They have an outstanding leader, but they have been buffeted by internal and external enemies whose strength has often been underestimated.
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The challenge is to secure democracy against its internal and external enemies without destroying democracy in the process.
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The plover has very few external enemies.
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Yet while his writings lack a specific political programme, they define external enemies instead.
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The foundation of his power a network of security and intelligence agencies which protected the president and the regime from internal and external enemies.
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This battle is not an external battle against external enemies but entirely internal.
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