Thesaurus / negate
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Pittsburgh won, 18-16, after Kansas City had a successful two-point conversion attempt negated by a holding penalty on tackle Eric Fisher.
REFEREE ALREADY HAD A HISTORY WITH THE CHIEFS. THE SUPER BOWL WAS THE LATEST CHAPTER.MATT BONESTEELFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe caught some of these during manual checks, but reading through all the documents would be practically impossible and would negate the benefit of building a model in the first place.
HOW WE FOUND PRICEY PROVISIONS IN NEW JERSEY POLICE CONTRACTSBY AGNES CHANG, JEFF KAO AND AGNEL PHILIP, PROPUBLICA, AND ANDREW FORD, ASBURY PARK PRESSFEBRUARY 8, 2021PROPUBLICAOn a third and four earlier in the drive, Brady was intercepted by Kansas City’s Tyrann Mathieu, but the play was negated by a holding penalty on teammate Charvarius Ward.
SUPER BOWL HIGHLIGHTS: BUCS CELEBRATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TOM BRADY WINS MVPDES BIELER, MARK MASKE, CHUCK CULPEPPERFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat 50-50 split, however, might also negate much benefit from getting rid of the filibuster.
THE CASE AGAINST DEMOCRATS NUKING THE FILIBUSTERAARON BLAKEJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey smashed windows, toppled artifacts, rifled through senators’ private desks in search of “evidence” that would help them literally turn back the clock, negating the results of a free and fair election.
INAUGURATION DAY WAS A MILESTONE, BUT IT’S NOT THE DESTINATIONMONICA HESSEJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Bears continued to contribute to their own undoing with a defensive holding penalty that negated a sack by Khalil Mack and a pass interference penalty that gave the Saints a first down at the 1-yard line.
SAINTS ADVANCE TO SET UP A DREW BREES-TOM BRADY SHOWDOWN IN SECOND ROUNDMARK MASKEJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFor environmental impacts we can’t avoid, the growing market of carbon offsets offers the promise of being able to negate our emissions.
HOW TO BUY CARBON OFFSETS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCEULA CHROBAKDECEMBER 3, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe Anarchistic teachings have in common only this, that they negate the State for our future.
ANARCHISMPAUL ELTZBACHERA part of them negate law for our future; these teachings may be called anomistic.
ANARCHISMPAUL ELTZBACHERThey have this in common, that they negate the State for our future.
ANARCHISMPAUL ELTZBACHERWORDS RELATED TO NEGATE
- belies
- bucks
- calls in question
- challenges
- confronts
- contravenes
- controverts
- counteracts
- counters
- crosses
- dares
- denies
- differs
- disaffirms
- disclaims
- disproves
- disputes
- flies in the face of
- gainsays
- has bone to picks
- impugns
- negates
- negatives
- opposes
- refuses to accepts
- repudiates
- takes on
- thumbs down
- traverses
- abjure
- abnegate
- ban
- begrudge
- call on
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- curb
- disacknowledge
- disallow
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discard
- disclaim
- discredit
- disown
- disprove
- doubt
- enjoin from
- eschew
- exclude
- forbid
- forgo
- forsake
- gainsay
- hold back
- keep back
- negate
- negative
- not buy
- nullify
- oppose
- rebuff
- rebut
- recant
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- repudiate
- restrain
- revoke
- sacrifice
- say no to
- spurn
- taboo
- take exception to
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- veto
- withhold
- abandon
- abjure
- abnegate
- belittle
- contradict
- contravene
- criticize
- decline
- deprecate
- disacknowledge
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disavow
- discard
- disown
- disparage
- divorce oneself from
- forswear
- gainsay
- minimize
- negate
- recant
- refuse
- reject
- renounce
- repudiate
- retract
- revoke
- spurn
- traverse
- turn back on
- wash hands of
- belie
- blow sky-high
- blow up
- break
- confound
- confute
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- deny
- disconfirm
- discredit
- explode
- expose
- find unfounded
- impugn
- invalidate
- knock bottom out of
- knock the props out (from under)
- negate
- negative
- overthrow
- overturn
- poke holes in
- puncture
- rebut
- refute
- set aside
- shoot
- shoot holes in
- tear down
- throw out
- traverse
- weaken
- belied
- blew sky high
- blew up
- broke
- confounded
- confuted
- contradicted
- contravened
- controverted
- denied
- disconfirmed
- discredited
- exploded
- exposed
- found unfounded
- impugned
- invalidated
- knocked bottom out of
- knocked props out
- negated
- negatived
- overthrew
- overturned
- poked holes in
- punctured
- rebutted
- refuted
- set aside
- shot
- shot holes in
- threw out
- tore down
- traversed
- weakened
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