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enemy territory

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meanings of enemyand territory


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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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territory
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/ us /ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/
(an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country ...
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Examples of enemy territory


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Sometimes, they stumbled into enemyterritory because they did not know where the foe was, or even exactly where they themselves were.
They have suffered grievously, they have fought magnificently, they have rescued their soil from the tyrant, and they are marching into enemyterritory.
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I was once audacious enough to say that one mail-carrying aircraft was worth a squadron of bombers over enemyterritory.
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During that conflict, our aircraft flew over enemyterritory at extremely low levels because of the experience and training gained in this country.
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Almost every major war in history has called at one time or another for the establishment of bases in enemyterritory.
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Who thought of putting an infantry brigade here, of carving up a city like this in the middle of potentially enemyterritory?
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But reconnaissance aircraft fly hundreds of miles into enemyterritory completely unarmed.
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This is bound to be difficult over enemyterritory.
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The definition of "enemyterritory" is given there.
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Its aim is obviously to destroy nuclear silos on enemyterritory and to avoid retaliation.
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The second best is to use them with the minimum destruction of any enemyterritory which we want to occupy.
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Are the bodies to be concentrated in cemeteries in enemyterritory?
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The phrase "deep in enemyterritory" may exist somewhere on a word processor.
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The day may come when such good answers to the bomber are discovered that they really cannot venture over enemyterritory.
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That is a valid argument if we are dropping in enemyterritory.
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In connection with photographic intelligence are the squadrons now equipped with aircraft capable of penetrating deeply into enemyterritory?
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They said that they had not come to sail in enemyterritory or to transport troops in a civil war.
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The question of making a register of debts due from persons in enemyterritory and in territory in enemy occupation is receiving careful consideration.
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They were adequately briefed before taking off to fly over enemyterritory or even over their own territory.
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I think that the young aircrew men who are going to fly over enemyterritory ought to be told as little as possible.
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