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greatest enemy

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meanings of greatand enemy


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great
adjective
uk /ɡreɪt/ us /ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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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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The chapter concludes with showstoppers to this vision such as bolide impacts, climatic change, astronomical catastrophes and, of course, humanity's greatestenemy, itself.
Our greatest evil is within ourselves, our greatestenemy is among us.
Given their own weaknesses and the lack of alternatives, this collaboration was presumably seen as a necessary measure to overcome the greatestenemy, the left.
The greatestenemy of peace and freedom is the policy of intimidation, which buys short-term peace at the expense of truth and justice.
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In my humble opinion, the greatestenemy of the sea at the moment is the use of detergents.
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One of the greatest difficulties with which they have to deal, and their greatestenemy, is the balloon barrage.
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To-day we have heard that our greatestenemy is rumour.
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The greatestenemy of common sense in such matters is the assumption that a particular method is a panacea, when it patently is not.
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But the sea was not the greatestenemy in the recent crisis.
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The greatestenemy of the genuine asylum seeker is the unfounded application.
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Educated citizens are the greatestenemy of dictators and totalitarian regimes.
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The greatestenemy of business confidence is uncertainty, and the greatest cause of uncertainty is the possibility of sudden tax changes or tax rises.
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Fog is the greatestenemy of safety in flying.
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The urban populations have been the greatestenemy of agricultural progress, not only in this country but in every country in the world.
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I would end by saying, with my noble friend who has just sat down, that our greatestenemy is the arms race.
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I would say in passing that the greatestenemy of the small and medium-sized business is, in fact, the large business.
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The greatestenemy of good industrial relationships is unemployment.
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He has ranged over a very wide field, but he has not mentioned for one moment the greatestenemy of the living theatre, television.
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Believing that to be the greatestenemy, where then is the greatest weakness in that enemy?
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