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Oppugning
- verb - challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
- question, dispute
Ordaining
- verb - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
- issue an order
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
Orphaning
- verb - deprive of parents
Outlining
- verb - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
- draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
- trace the shape of
Pardoning
- verb - accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
- grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"
Pinioning
- verb - bind the arms of
- cut the wings off (of birds)
Poisoning
- verb - add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
- administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
- kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"
- kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
- spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"
- the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
- the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
Profaning
- verb - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
- Swearing
- violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Puddening
- - A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat. (b) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like.
Rationing
- verb - distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"
- restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
- the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"