obpugnatio

oppugnātĭo ( obp- ), ōnis, f. [id.], a storming, assaulting, besieging; an attack, assault, siege (class.).

I.

Lit.:

de oppidorum oppugnationibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210:

oppugnatio Gallorum,

i. e. their method of besieging, Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 2; 7, 29, 2:

propulsare,

Cic. Cael. 9, 20:

relinquere,

to raise, Tac. A. 15, 16:

oppugnatione civitas cingitur,

Macr. S. 3, 9, 6.—

II.

Trop., an assault, attack with words, an accusation, etc.: totum genus oppugnationis hujus propulsare debetis. Cic. Cael. 9, 20; id. Vatin. 2, 5:

sine oppugnatione,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1.