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This enabled commanders to create minefields behind enemy lines to block or channel movement or simply to cause casualties.
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The landing force annihilated, the battle is lost. Against overwhelming odds, Scott dares the unthinkable — cross behind enemy lines, survive the lethal landscape, evade capture by ruthless enemies, resist natural predators, face human deserters and finish the mission singlehandedly.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Green Berets conduct commando-style raids to attack key enemy targets, conduct reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines and train foreign militaries.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
The powers are: Splinter: Vanish in smoke and teleport to a safe location behind enemy lines.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The landing force annihilated, the battle is lost. Against overwhelming odds, Scott dares the unthinkable — cross behind enemy lines, survive the lethal landscape, evade capture by ruthless enemies, resist natural predators, face human deserters and finish the mission singlehandedly.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Green Berets conduct commando-style raids to attack key enemy targets, conduct reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines and train foreign militaries.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
The powers are: Splinter: Vanish in smoke and teleport to a safe location behind enemy lines.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for behind enemy lines
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“Behind enemy lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20enemy%20lines. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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