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Oppugn - Word of the Day - Thu Jan 30, 2020

Myr

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Oppugn - (verb) - 1: To fight against 2: to call into question

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Nearly everything you buy today is labeled as being known to the State of California to cause cancer.  Does anyone know whether this oppugns scientists knowledge in California or oppugns scientists lack of knowledge everywhere else?

For more information - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/oppugn?s=t

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Daddydavek

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Whom are you impugning! (To use another variant of the root word.)

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drpaladin

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The root word is also used in pugnacious without the pyoon pronouciation.

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