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Be impugned
verb
To assault, attack.
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His motives will be impugned, and unnecessary controversies will hinder presidential decision-making".
The judge concluded that Mr Balls's decision to remove Ms Shoesmith "cannot be impugned on the grounds of unfairness".
Another declared, "Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments".
Though his anti-imperial bias in attributing motives is plain, his facts can rarely be impugned; and his evocation of the terrors of tyranny is unforgettable.
But as a philosopher, Sidney Hook, once said, "before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments".
William F. Weld, the Libertarian Party nominee for vice president, defended Hillary Clinton on Wednesday against attacks from Donald J. Trump, insisting her character should not be impugned by someone as flawed as he is.
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The liberal to a tee and almost exclusively white programme-makers were suitably scandalised but also privately offended for fear we might be impugning their anti-racist credentials.
Mitchell: "Well this is why I did not want to get into this because I think I would be impugning the integrity of a police officer.
"The British state's position was being impugned," Macpherson said.
His integrity and reputation are being impugned daily".
Jewish people have been impugned and experienced indescribable horrors throughout their history.
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