The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (1969)
Rebuttal
/ɹiˈbʌt.əl/
Synonyms for "rebuttal" (99 found)
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Noun(10 words)
Verb(1 words)
disprove a hypothesis
Related words (49)
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responseretaliationretortripostespecial demurrerspecial pleadingsquelchstanding againststatement of defensesubversionsurrebuttalsurrebuttersurrejoindertraversalundercurrentunderminingupsetupsetting
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8 entriescounterargumentcounterexampledisprooforal rebuttalrapid rebuttalrefutationshort rebuttalwritten rebuttal
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9 total sentences available.
Mr. Jackson, your rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (2251982)
There was no need for rebuttal.
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A rebuttal will be published in the next issue.
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