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Synonyms for archenemy

one who is hostile to or opposes the purposes or interests of another

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Former Israeli energy minister Gonen Segev, seen here at a 2004 remand hearing following his arrest on suspicion of attempted drug-trafficking, has gone on trial on charges of spying for Israel's arch-foe Iran.
BEIRUT: Hezbollah does not expect its arch-foe Israel to launch a war for now in Lebanon but remains prepared for one, party Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem told Reuters Thursday.
'Some people are so angry-[but] a lot of people are oddly, sexually attracted to him,' actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan said of the reaction to his 'The Walking Dead' character Negan, in Jimmy Fallon's 'The Tonight Show.' Introduced last April, Negan, the brutal, bat-wielding arch-foe he portrays in the series, killed some fan-favorite characters in the first episode of the current season.
The next day, Israel's defense ministry, led by hard-liner Avigdor Lieberman, slammed Obama for defending the accord with the Jewish state's arch-foe, comparing it to the deal that allowed Nazi Germany to annex parts of then Czechoslovakia.
Erdogan has accused his arch-foe Fethullah Gulen and his supporters of being behind the coup, but the US-based preacher denies any involvement.
As the name suggests, the Blue Line tzimer is located just steps from the Israeli-Lebanese border, known in diplomatic speak as the "Blue Line." From the comfort of the hot tub a guest can relax, drink in hand, and stare directly across the valley at the Lebanese village of Marwahin, dominated by Israel's arch-foe, Hezbollah.
The P5+1 -- the United States, Russia, Britain, China, France and Germany -- inked the deal in Vienna with Israel's arch-foe after months of intense diplomacy.
Arab and largely the Sunni GCC states fear a nuclear deal could be a harbinger of closer US ties with their Shi'ite arch-foe Iran, a country they also see as fuelling conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.
Some commentators say his rant indicates Nemtsov, 55, - the arch-foe of Vladimir Putin - was shot because he had shown solidarity with victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.
The raids came within Tayyip Erdogan's campaign against supporters of his ally turned arch-foe, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Summary: Tbilisi: Georgia on Tuesday lashed out at arch-foe Russia over the construction of a new ...
The militants have acknowledged receiving missiles from Israel's arch-foe Iran, and are thought to have improved their arsenal with smuggled weapons from Libya, which borders Egypt to the west.
But neither side has beenwilling to break off totally, partly because of concern thiscould lead to war if Israel attacked its arch-foe.