Opponent: alternatives and connections

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

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Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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One who engages in a duel.

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One who fights in single combat.

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One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy…

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One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.

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One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning…

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.

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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagon…

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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

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One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

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Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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One who resists.

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