common enemy

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An enemy shared by two or more people or groups, often causing them to unite.

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Examples (10)

  • They united in the face of a common enemy.
  • The two rival nations found themselves fighting against a common enemy.
  • Poverty became their common enemy, bringing the community together.
  • Despite their differences, they shared a common enemy in corruption.
  • The alliance was formed to defeat their common enemy.
  • Climate change is humanity's common enemy.
  • The competing companies joined forces against their common enemy in the market.
  • Disease became the common enemy of all mankind.
  • The rebel groups identified the dictator as their common enemy.
  • Ignorance was recognized as the common enemy of progress.