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August 18, 2024

Word of the Day: Impugn

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Word of the Day
: August 18, 2024

\im-PYOON\ verb

What It Means

To impugn something, such as a person's integrity, judgment, etc., is to attack or oppose it as false or lacking integrity.

// The defense attorneys did their best to impugn the motives of the prosecution’s key witnesses.

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