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rebut::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | refute |
| Type of | repudiate, disown, renounce |
| Has types | controvert, answer, oppose, contradict |
| Derivation | rebuttal, rebutter |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | controvert, refute |
| Type of | disprove, confute |
| Derivation | rebutter |
Examples of rebut
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As Qihoo tries to rebut its critics, it also needs to win over a lot more users.
From the businessweek.com
Surveillance can probe, confirm or rebut such intelligence to test its accuracy.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The editorial was fraught with falsehoods too numerous to rebut in this letter.
From the sacbee.com
America was oddly slow to provide the technical information to rebut these fears.
From the economist.com
The consortium has lots to do before it can rebut charges that it has overpaid.
From the economist.com
Do not interrupt him, as you will get another chance to rebut whatever he says.
From the usatoday.com
Can anyone point me to a better argument, preferably with figures, to rebut this?
From the economist.com
You should have guessed I'd use a dictionary to rebut your conception of faith.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
The candidates answered questions, then got time to rebut the other's answers.
From the delawareonline.com
- Refute: overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
- Refute: prove to be false or incorrect
- To drive back or beat back; to repulse
- (Rebutted) To prove that something is not the case
- Evidence disproving other evidence previously given or reestablishing the credibility of challenged evidence.
- In law, to reply to an argument, a statement of fact or a legal presumption by presenting argument or evidence to the contrary, or evidence which tends to disturb a presumption.
- To counter or disprove arguments or evidence presented by the opposing side in a trial. To defeat, repel, contradict, prove otherwise.
