oppugnātĭo (obp-), ōnis, f. [oppugno], 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.