enemy action

English

Noun

enemy action (uncountable)

  1. Offensive and hostile action carried out by an enemy country's military forces, especially during a war.
    • 1959 February, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Liverpool—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 84:
      Marsh Lane & Strand Road was closed "owing to enemy action" on May 19, 1941, but was re-opened on July 12, 1943.
    • 1962 June, “Talking of Trains”, in Modern Railways, page 375, photo caption:
      Netherfield & Colwick station, on the Grantham-Nottingham line, which was badly damaged by enemy action during the war, has now been reconstructed.

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