Thesaurus / rebut
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The elected board members rebutted Miller’s allegations, saying their focus was on pushing new policies to benefit students at a time when study after study was making clear the national toll of so much time out of the classroom during the pandemic.
ERROR-RIDDLED ETHICS REPORTS ON SCHOOL BOARD CREATE POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTYRACHEL CHASON, DONNA ST. GEORGEAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe said integration was a simple question of following court orders, and he rebutted the governor’s claim that the federal government was poised to send troops.
HOW ROBERT F. KENNEDY SHAPED HIS BROTHER'S RESPONSE TO CIVIL RIGHTSPATRICIA SULLIVANAUGUST 11, 2021TIMEWright's allies went negative, but Ellzey was far more active rebutting the attacks than Wright was in making or amplifying them.
THE TRAILER: WHO SPONSORED THIS MESSAGE? WHY YOU'RE SEEING SO MANY ADS SO FAR FROM THE MIDTERMS.DAVID WEIGELJULY 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe contractors rebut those charges and say servicing problems are rooted in the convoluted design of the payment system.
ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS PLANS TO CUT TIES WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTDANIELLE DOUGLAS-GABRIELJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTYou say something false and then cast those who correctly rebut you as your enemies.
THE ALARMING DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF THE ELECTION-FRAUD CONSPIRACY THEORYPHILIP BUMPJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe was rebutting comments from CNN’s Jake Tapper, co-anchor of competing Sunday show “State of the Union.”
‘MORAL POSTURING’: FOX NEWS’S CHRIS WALLACE CRITICIZES THE SHUNNING OF ‘BIG LIE’ PROPONENTSERIK WEMPLEJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHow Stansbury respondedWhat’s noteworthy is how Stansbury rebutted these attacks.
AN UGLY NEW GOP ATTACK LINE IS PROMPTING A USEFUL RETHINK AMONG DEMOCRATSGREG SARGENTJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMcAuliffe ignored the attacks, after briefly rebutting Carroll Foy in their last debate.
THE TRAILER: SOCIALISTS, PROUD BOYS, AND ANTI-MASKERS: THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP IN NEVADADAVID WEIGELJUNE 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe extensively quoted Ardrey’s Territorial Imperative in order to rebut his characterization of men as baboon-like.
TARZAN WASN’T FOR HER - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERSERIKA LORRAINE MILAMJUNE 2, 2021NAUTILUSThe next day on Twitter, Musk replied twice to a Discover tweet rebutting his comment.
SHOULD WE TERRAFORM MARS? LET’S RECAP - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERSBRIAN GALLAGHERMAY 12, 2021NAUTILUSWORDS RELATED TO REBUT
- absolve
- acquit
- advocate
- alibi
- answer for
- apologize for
- approve
- argue for
- assert
- be answerable for
- bear out
- brief
- claim
- clear
- condone
- confirm
- contend
- cop a plea
- countenance
- crawl
- defend
- do justice to
- establish
- exculpate
- excuse
- exonerate
- explain
- favor
- legalize
- maintain
- make allowances
- make good
- palliate
- pardon
- plead
- rationalize
- rebut
- show cause
- speak in favor
- square
- stand up for
- support
- sustain
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- vindicate
- warrant
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- belie
- blackball
- break with
- cancel
- cancel out
- controvert
- countercheck
- cross
- deny
- ding
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disprove
- dump
- fly in the face of
- frustrate
- gainsay
- impugn
- invalidate
- kill
- negative
- neutralize
- nullify
- oppose
- put down
- quash
- rebut
- redress
- refute
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- stonewall
- traverse
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- undo
- vitiate
- void
- abates
- abolishes
- abrogates
- annihilates
- annuls
- belies
- blackballs
- breaks with
- cancels
- cancels out
- controverts
- counterchecks
- crosses
- denies
- dings
- disaffirms
- disallows
- disproves
- dumps
- flies in the face of
- frustrates
- gainsays
- impugns
- invalidates
- kills
- negatives
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- nullifies
- opposes
- puts down
- quashes
- rebuts
- redresses
- refutes
- repeals
- rescinds
- retracts
- reverses
- revokes
- stonewalls
- traverses
- turns down
- turns thumbs down
- undoes
- vitiates
- voids
- abnegate
- argue against
- blow sky-high
- break
- burn
- burn down
- cancel
- cancel out
- confute
- contend
- contradict
- contravene
- convict
- counter
- crush
- debate
- demolish
- disclaim
- disconfirm
- dispose of
- disprove
- dispute
- evert
- explode
- expose
- gainsay
- give the lie to
- give thumbs down to
- invalidate
- negate
- oppose
- overthrow
- parry
- quash
- rebut
- reply to
- repudiate
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- show up
- silence
- squelch
- take a stand against
- tear down
- top
- beat back
- beat off
- brush off
- buck
- cast aside
- chase away
- check
- confront
- cool
- cut
- decline
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- duel
- fend off
- fight
- force back
- force off
- give cold shoulder to
- hold back
- hold off
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep off
- kick
- knock down
- oppose
- parry
- push back
- put down
- put to flight
- rebuff
- rebut
- refuse
- reject
- resist
- stand up against
- stave off
- traverse
- turn down
- ward off
- withstand
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