Noun

(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.

Crush the enemy !

A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

rally together against a common enemy .

An alliance of such forces.

Something harmful or threatening to another

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The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.

Noun

(en noun)

(rfc-sense) (en) A vile, wicked person.

# An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.

# A deliberate scoundrel.

The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.

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* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]

As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain —not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.