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enemy lines

enemy lines is the plural of enemy line.

Meaning of enemy line

Noun

enemy line (plural enemy lines)

  1. The line of battle of one's enemy.
    • The approach at Trafalgar was from the windward, but Vice Admiral [Cuthbert] Collingwood did order his division to deploy in line of bearing so that the enemy line would be cut in many places, and engaged from the other side, or both sides.1996, Nicholas Tracy, “The Battle of Trafalgar”, in Nelson’s Battles: The Art of Victory in the Age of Sail, London: Chatham Publ., →ISBN; republished as Nelson’s Battles: The Triumph of British...
  2. (also, figuratively, plural-normally) The boundary of the territory controlled by the enemy.
    • The aviation service can, in two hours, go 100 miles back of enemy lines and return, bringing important information.1917, Aircraft Journal, volume 1, page 17

Questions about enemy lines

What is enemy lines the plural of?
Enemy lines is the plural of enemy line.

Words near enemy lines in the dictionary

  1. enemy combatant
  2. enemy combatants
  3. enemy image
  4. enemy images
  5. enemy line
  6. enemy lines
  7. enemy of the people
  8. enemy of the state
  9. enemy-like
  10. enemye
  11. enemyes

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