mortal enemy

noun

: someone one hates very much and for a long time

They've been mortal enemies for many years.

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Yeah, that's Ross's daughter, making Bruce Banner Ross's mortal enemy and father-in-law. —

Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024 Check out our new ghost-pepper chip that’s better than the one made by our new mortal enemy, Trader Joe’s! —

Brandon Follick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024 Those yelling the loudest that Russia is a mortal enemy of the United States and that Trump is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s puppet are the very same people who woefully mismanaged U.S. foreign policy over the past quarter century. —

Randall Schweller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018 Starring Kyle MacLachlan as Paul and Sting as his mortal enemy, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, the movie proved to be a daunting task to execute, given the limits of technology at the time. —

Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024 The prop was used in a scene that didn't make the final cut, in which Taylor-Joy's Furiosa cuts out the tongue of her mortal enemy, Hemsworth's Dementus. —

Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 May 2024 Over 300 drones and missiles navigated above Iran’s neighbors, including Jordan and Iraq — both with US military bases — before penetrating the airspace of Iran’s mortal enemy, Israel. —

Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024 Bebe Neuwirth reprised her role as Frasier's ex-wife/mortal enemy Dr. Lilith Sternin and Peri Gilpin returned as bestie Roz Doyle in the season finale. —

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2024 Reagan sold weapons to Iran, our mortal enemy, to fund the Contras in a war for which Congress had cut off funding. —

Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024