enemy line

Definitions

1. 1

   The line of battle of one's enemy.

   • Once the two fleets had met, it was then likely, if not inevitable, that only some of the attacking fleet would make it through the enemy line.
   • With this assault they drive back the thin enemy line, pressing forward through the disordered enemy.
2. 2

   The boundary of the territory controlled by the enemy.

   • The aviation service can, in two hours, go 100 miles back of enemy lines and return, bringing important information.
   • As we Christians serve our Lord and Master in this world, we are living and working behind enemy lines.

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