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FOE |
Antagonist |
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CONTENDENT |
An antagonist; a contestant. |
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OPPOSITE |
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. |
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ENCOUNTERER |
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. |
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OPPOSER |
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary. |
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OPPONENT |
One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe. |
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ANTAGONIST |
Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist
schools of philosophy. |
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IRONY |
Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
confounding or provoking an antagonist. |
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THROW |
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws
his antagonist. |
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TRIP |
A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist
to lose footing. |
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BAY |
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a
difficulty, when escape has become impossible. |
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THRUST |
To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a
fencer thrusts at his antagonist. |
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GRAPPLE |
To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close
quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. |
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LOCK |
To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning
the left arm around it, to disarm him. |
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ELENCH |
That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness
depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation. |
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TACKLE |
To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler
tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. |
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PIT |
To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
contest; as, to pit one dog against another. |
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ANTICHRIST |
A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great
antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second
coming. |
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DILEMMA |
An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more
alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever
alternative he chooses. |
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VICTORY |
The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in
any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or
competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat. |
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ADVERSARY |
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 antagonist; an enemy; a foe. |
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GAMMON |
To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist
has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of
them from the board; as, to gammon a person. |
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CLINCH |
...rves to
hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good
clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a
c... |