Rebut

/ɹɪˈbʌt/

Synonyms for "rebut" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

advocateallege in supportansweranswer conclusivelyargue downargue forassertbe contrary tobelieblow sky-highbreakcall into questionchallengechampionconfoundconfutecontend forcontestcontradictcontravene
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Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (40)

Related words (68)

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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

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More specific

7 entries
academic rebuttalcounterarguedisprove claimlegal rebuttalpolicy rebuttalrefute hypothesisscientific rebuttal

Collocations

11 entries
academic rebuttalconcise rebuttalempirical rebuttalformal rebuttallogical rebuttalpeer reviewed rebuttalrebuttal argumentrebuttal evidencescholarly rebuttalstrong rebuttalwell reasoned rebuttal

Inflections

4 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You'll have three minutes to rebut the argument of the opposing side.

Source: tatoeba (9689446)

The sheer volume of disinformation is difficult to rebut.

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Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, / Perforce rebutted backe.

Source: wiktionary

Rebutting allegations that Scotland's railways had been deliberately run down, he pointed out that in the past nine years over £70m had been spent on their development.

Source: wiktionary

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