enemy action
noun1
Offensive 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 23, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Liverpool—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 84:
- 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: