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What (who) is mortal enemy - definition
INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP THAT IS VERIFIED AS FORCEFULLY ADVERSE OR THREATENING
Outlined enemy; Represented enemy; Foe; Enmity; Mortal enemy
![War-time propaganda representation of the [[Japanese Imperial Army]], an enemy of the United States at the time.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US propaganda Japanese enemy.jpg?width=200 "War-time propaganda representation of the [[Japanese Imperial Army]], an enemy of the United States at the time.")
mortal enemy
(also mortal foe)
Inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy.
foe
¦ noun formal or literary an enemy or opponent.
Origin
OE fah 'hostile' and gefa 'enemy', of W. Gmc origin; related to feud.
Enmity
·noun A state of opposition; hostility.
II. Enmity ·noun The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
Wikipedia
Enemy
An enemy or a foe is an individual or a group that is considered as forcefully adverse or threatening. The concept of an enemy has been observed to be "basic for both individuals and communities". The term "enemy" serves the social function of designating a particular entity as a threat, thereby invoking an intense emotional response to that entity. The state of being or having an enemy is enmity, foehood or foeship.
Examples of use of mortal enemy
1. Hizbollah is Israel‘s mortal enemy in south Lebanon.
2. Palestinian officials, treating Hamas as a mortal enemy, readily provide data on the organization‘s money woes.
3. Israel views Hezbollah, which for a time was listed by Washington as a terrorist group, as its mortal enemy.
4. And it wasn‘t all that long ago in the march of history that Japan was our mortal enemy.
5. Instead of a mortal enemy, North Korea has become transmogrified into a sympathetic brother in the South Korean imagination.