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Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..

Contendent :: Contendent (n.) An antagonist; a contestant.

Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..

Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..

Party :: Party (v.) Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another..

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

Distance :: Distance (n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing.

Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..

Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) 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..

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it..

Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..

Antagonistic :: Antagonistic (a.) Alt. of Antagonistica.

Dilemma :: Dilemma (n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses..

Contrariant :: Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..

Adversary :: Adversary (n.) 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.

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist..

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..

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