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polemize

[pol-uh-mahyz]

pol·e·mize

[pol-uh-mahyz]
verb (used without object), -mized, -miz·ing.
Also, especially British, pol·e·mise.


Origin:
< Greek pólem(os) war + -ize
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polemize

verb
engage in a controversy; "The two historians polemicized for years" 
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