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  • noun archenemy

Etymologies

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arch- +‎ foe

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Examples

  • A freewheeling critic of politics and culture, first in intellectual journals like Partisan Review, Politics and later at The New Yorker and Esquire, Macdonald (1906-1982) was the archfoe of middlebrow and lowbrow taste.

    Ink-Stained Riches 2008

  • In the pact, AOL partnered with Network Computer, a unit of Microsoft's archfoe Oracle, and Hughes Electronics, which was recently headed by AT&T's current chairman.

    Some Counterprogramming From Aol 2008

  • Rock and roll celebrates itself as the archfoe of convention, yet remains as rigid in subject matter as ritual music from some tribal village.

    Lou's Latest: No Kid Stuff 2008

  • Ethiopia has firmly denied reports of atrocities and has placed the blame on the ONLF, which it considers a terrorist organization backed by archfoe Eritrea and Islamist militias in nearby Somalia.

    Ethiopia’s Dirty War 2008

  • In a regional final against the Fury's archfoe, a northern Virginia team called the Sparklers, one of the Fury's star strikers, Kerie Sample, missed a shoot-out penalty kick (it hit the goal post).

    The Sound Of The Fury 2007

  • Sadly, I can't remember if they had any archfoe - but hell, they're cool anyway. the super 6

    bad boys III: assorted nastiness Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • What I do know is that Skeletor had it worse than his compatriot Hordak, the archfoe of She-ra.

    bad boys Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • On a government website, Asmara also urged its archfoe Addis

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Sirius' archfoe, market dominator XM Satellite Radio, had its own woes with transmitter units that exceeded emission standards.

    No. 2 Sirius Tops XM (Sort Of) 2006

  • Nigeria if African Union mediators allowed archfoe Eritrea to take part.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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