enemy attack
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An act of aggression by an enemy.
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- The city's defenses were designed to withstand a direct enemy attack.
- Soldiers braced themselves for a sudden enemy attack at dawn.
- Intelligence reports indicated the high probability of an impending enemy attack.
- Civilians sought shelter in the subway to protect themselves from the enemy attack.
- The surprise enemy attack caught the garrison completely off guard.
- The coastal town suffered multiple enemy attacks throughout the war.
- The company's servers went down after a sophisticated enemy attack, likely from a rival nation.
- Our strategy is to neutralize their capabilities before they can launch an enemy attack.
- We were trained to respond immediately in the event of an enemy attack.
- A successful enemy attack on the dam would cause catastrophic flooding.