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oppose
A	verb
	1	oppose
			be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak ╚converse; discourse ╚argue; contend; debate; fence ╚oppose ╚contest; contend; repugn
	2	oppose, controvert, contradict
			be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚reject ╚renounce; repudiate ╚refute; rebut ╚oppose, controvert, contradict ╚protest; resist; dissent ╚veto; blackball; negative
	3	pit, oppose, match, play off
			set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
		Category Tree: meet; encounter; play; take on ╚confront; face ╚pit, oppose, match, play off
	4	fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
			fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
		Category Tree: fight; struggle ╚fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend ╚repel; repulse; fight off; rebuff; drive back ╚resist; hold out; withstand; stand firm ╚resist; stand; fend ╚recalcitrate
	5	react, oppose
			act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚react, oppose ╚backfire; backlash ╚buck; go against ╚pursue; follow up on; act on
	6	oppose, counterbalance
			oppose with equal weight or force
		Category Tree: differ ╚contrast; counterpoint ╚oppose, counterbalance ╚counterweight; counterpoise; counterpose

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