Defend and Oppugn

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Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Oppugn is an antonym for defend.

Oppugn verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.

Usage example: had the temerity to oppugn the merits of a study in a discipline that he knows nothing about

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Defend is an antonym for oppugn.

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Oppugn and Defend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/oppugn

Defend & Oppugn. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/oppugn>.

Oppugn or Defend. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/oppugn.

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