adversary Englisch:

Never choose a vocation just because your friends are in it, nor refuse another just because your worst enemy is in it.

It's our archenemy.

The position held by the enemy is so important they will fight to the bitter end to hold it.

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Having scattered the enemy before me and triumphantly returned, this is how they would herald me.

Man is not the enemy of man but through the medium of a false system of government.

The act known as terrorism, that rips away from us in an instant our peaceful days of happiness, is certainly worthy of being called an enemy to all mankind.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but--more frequently than not --struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

They behave towards Muslims in a way in which a Muslim would never behave towards his enemy.

To keep holding the barrier up is just to wait for death! So we're going to go out past the wall and counter attack the enemy, you ready!?

But much later, he became an enemy of child marriages and worked hard to stop them

I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?

Zipang The Power Polack, a ferocious Polish berserker, flailed around wildly, charging into enemy ranks crazily without armor.

(...) effectively split the country into two hostile camps.

hostile crowd

The baby is not old enough to be capable of hostile laughter.

When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.

Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.

A significant proportion of the electorate is openly hostile to impeaching the president.

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights.

We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.

The hostile environment lead to extinction of many species.

Just because people didn't clap frantically does not mean that you had a hostile audience.

My new boss is misanthropic and he is hostile towards most pepole in office

The minister found himself in the middle of a hostile crowd.

If the questioner is hostile do not try to put them down with sarcasm, this will immediately draw the audience's sympathy.

It is far more challenging and hostile than the North Sea and to me, it is a conundrum.

a hostile crowd; The president had a hostile reception in Ohio this morning.; There has been a hostile reaction to the government's proposed tax increases.; Her parents were openly hostile to me.

He surprised his opponent.

The manager balanced the strength of his team against that of their opponent and sighed.

The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.

Iaido is a form of swordsmanship in which one strikes down an attacking opponent with one blow of the sword quickly drawn out of its sheath, whether the practitioner is sitting or walking.

Off-target. My opponent hadn't been hit.

He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.

Think of your opponent as nothing more than a handful of ash.

Everything was allowed: You could kick, trip, hit, or bite your opponent.

I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ... "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"

The atheist completely flummoxed her opponent in the debate by asking, "And who created God?"

This isn't my blood. It's all splash-back from my opponent. There isn't a single scratch on me.

Susanne Lenglen shocked the spectators by beating her opponents and winning several major titles.

My opponent was really good, that's why I lost.

Our opponents were too good for our team to beat and we lost the match 3–1.

opponent = adversary = enemy

He saw her as his main adversary within the company.