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).
Definition of rival. 1  1a : one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possessb : one striving for competitive advantage. 2  2 obsolete : companion, associate. 3  3 : equal, peer.