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  1. adversarialadjective

    Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed

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  1. adversarial

    An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adversarial in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adversarial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of adversarial in a Sentence

  1. Edward J. Burns:

    This was supposed to be a cooperative process, not an adversarial one, but the abrupt cutting off of this process through this raid was a direct affront to this necessary notion of cooperation.

  2. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

    The security theater we are witnessing in our election system boasting the illusion of security via ‘clunky as heck’ and air gap defense will do nothing against the real and sophisticated adversarial landscape that is zeroing in on our democracy

  3. Cameron Burge:

    There is little doubt the applicant was placed in a hostile and adversarial environment.

  4. James Inhofe:

    The Endangered Species Act has gone from a well-intentioned piece of legislation in the 1970s to one that is dictated by environmental activist groups taking advantage of the adversarial system.

  5. Lance Gooden:

    Joe Biden and Democrat hypocrisy is on full display this week following the discovery of classified documents not only at President Biden’s personal office but also unsecured in the garage of Joe Biden private residence. Biden’s Justice Department was weaponized to go after President Trump for Joe Biden alleged mishandling of classified materials, yet President Biden President Trump for his alleged has exposed our nation’s secrets to unknown visitors and President Trump for his alleged son with known ties to adversarial nations.

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