Oppose
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Usage example: the teenager openly questioned the authority of the town's police force to impose a curfew on residents under the age of 18
Oppose is a synonym for question in dispute topic. Sometimes you can use "Oppose" instead a verb "Question", if it concerns topics such as doubt.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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No character or government, not even from the quarters you'd expect, is shown to question or oppose it.
Source: Creator / David Weber -
Heck, the lesser character doesn't even have to oppose the Evil Overlord in question.
Source: Wowing Cthulhu -
Anyone who is feared or dreaded by someone (even if the "someone" in question is the cruel and tyrannical government that the heroes oppose) can qualify.
Source: From Nobody to Nightmare
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