enemy action

noun

Offensive and hostile action carried out by an enemy country's military forces, especially during a war.

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Meanings

nounenemy action (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOffensive and hostile action carried out by an enemy country's military forces, especially during a war.

    Marsh Lane & Strand Road was closed "owing to enemy action" on May 19, 1941, but was re-opened on July 12, 1943.

    1959 February 28, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Liverpool—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 84
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    Netherfield & Colwick station, on the Grantham-Nottingham line, which was badly damaged by enemy action during the war, has now been reconstructed.

    1962 June, “Talking of Trains”, in Modern Railways, page 375, photo caption
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