Enemy and Soldier

Enemy

Enemy noun - One that is hostile toward another.

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Soldier and enemy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soldier" instead a noun "Enemy".

Soldier noun - A person engaged in military service.

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Enemy and soldier are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enemy" instead a noun "Soldier".

human	human enemy	human soldier
old	old enemy	old soldier
female	female enemy	female soldier
best	best enemy	best soldier
Other adjectives: normal, common, regular, alien, average, friendly, true, dead, powerful, actual, real, great, new, former, fallen, random, unknown, basic, last, greatest, captured, generic, strongest.

A soldier could panic, and then easily do something suicidal like take off right into an enemy overwatch or hunker down perfectly exposed to the enemy, potentially getting themselves killed.

Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
There are times when you'll be in a really bad position relative to an enemy, yet the enemy will often choose to kill a civilian even if they could realistically benefit more by killing a soldier.

Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
For example, if a soldier is actively firing a weapon at an enemy, when another enemy walks up behind them and does a *Click* Hello.

Source: Useful Notes / The Laws and Customs of War

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