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What is the verb for impugning?

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impugn
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To assault, attack.
  2. (transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
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    1. “We cannot impugn other members and suggest in any way that they are not motivated to do the right thing in terms of this subject of healing.”
      “What his account does necessarily impugn is the judgment and decision-making abilities of the administration principals.”
      “In relation to her salary, he blew a fuse, defended his staff member, and told me he would not allow my opinion to impugn her.”
impugns
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impugn
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    1. “They will say that criticism of his record on security-related issues unfairly impugns his patriotism and is therefore a low blow.”
      “A defamatory statement is one which impugns another person's reputation or adversely affects his or her standing in the community.”
      “It is curious, how he produces evidence, supporting the very assertions whose accuracy he impugns.”
impugned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of impugn
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    1. “To defend her intemperance, she publicly impugned my personal and professional integrity.”
      “The principal weakness is that there is no necessary consequence for the validity of a law which is successfully impugned.”
      “It was conceded by the defendant that the impugned language used in the letter was libellous.”
impugning
  1. present participle of impugn
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    1. “Publishing would leave me wide open to credible allegations that I was motivated by revenge, thus impugning my professional integrity.”
      “Thanks to Clarke and Foster, such questions can now be asked openly, seriously, and without impugning the questioner's patriotism.”
      “Cicero devotes much of his speech to impugning the credibility of their statements upon the ground of traditional Gallic inveracity.”
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