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MORTAL ENEMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mortal enemy mean?
• MORTAL ENEMY (noun)
The noun MORTAL ENEMY has 1 sense:
1. an enemy who wants to kill you
Familiarity information: MORTAL ENEMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enemy who wants to kill you
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mortal enemy" is a kind of...):
Context examples
Heat is commonly regarded as computing's mortal enemy.
(Harnessing Heat to Power Computers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
You are very sensible that Skyresh Bolgolam (galbet, or high-admiral) has been your mortal enemy, almost ever since your arrival.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I had sent so many memorials and petitions for my liberty, that his majesty at length mentioned the matter, first in the cabinet, and then in a full council; where it was opposed by none, except Skyresh Bolgolam, who was pleased, without any provocation, to be my mortal enemy.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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