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enemy action

enemy action noun: offensive and hostile action carried out by an enemy country's military forces, especially during a war.

Noun

enemy action (uncountable)

  1. Offensive and hostile action carried out by an enemy country's military forces, especially during a war.
    • Marsh Lane & Strand Road was closed "owing to enemy action" on May 19, 1941, but was re-opened on July 12, 1943.1959 February, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Liverpool—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 84
    • Netherfield & Colwick station, on the Grantham-Nottingham line, which was badly damaged by enemy action during the war, has now been reconstructed.1962 June, “Talking of Trains”, in Modern Railways, page 375, photo caption

Questions about enemy action

What does enemy action mean?
Enemy action means offensive and hostile action carried out by an enemy country's military forces, especially during a war.
What part of speech is enemy action?
Enemy action is a noun.

Words near enemy action in the dictionary

  1. enemies of the people
  2. enemies of the state
  3. enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
  4. enemies-to-lovers
  5. enemy
  6. enemy action
  7. enemy combatant
  8. enemy combatants
  9. enemy image
  10. enemy images
  11. enemy line

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