† oppugningn.
Obsolete.
The action of oppugn v.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking
assailing1340
offencec1395
overrunning?a1425
saulting1490
oppugnation1524
oppugning1535
offension1542
affronture1549
grassation1610
aggression1630
attacking1657
strafing1915
whoop-ass1974
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > action
oppugning1535
impugnation1602
attacking1657
1535 G. Browne To Ld. Privy Seal (modernized text) in R. Ware Hist. Coll. Church Irel. (1681) 2 Your humble Servant..do find much oppugning therein, especially by my Brother Armagh, who hath been the main oppugner.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Mm3v Martin Luthers oppugning of the venall indulgences.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 183 Trenches may easily be made, or any thing else which the necessity of oppugning requires.
1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia vii. 163 From Coventry (For their oppugning of Idolatry) Baldwin, Clark, Careless, Willcocks, all in hast Sent up to London by the Mayor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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