Is encouraging someone to kill themselves a crime? Massachusettsâ highest court will decide in texting case. The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Thursday in the case of Michelle Carter, a teenager accused of involuntary manslaughter in her boyfriend's death by suicide.
The word allies is the plural of ally, which refers to countries in friendly military association with each other -- like pals. It is opposite of an enemy. In the WW2 sense, the Allies were all the countries opposed to the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan).
Allies. 1  in WWI, the nations allied by treaty against Germany and the other Central Powers; orig., Great Britain, France, and Russia, later joined by the U.S., Italy, Japan, etc. 2  in WWII, the nations associated against the Axis, esp. Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S.