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beat off, fend (off), repel, repulse, stave off, turn away, turn back
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And as far as this column can tell no one at that time was publicly rebutting her claim. — James Freeman, WSJ, "Harvard, Penn and the Warren Story," 17 Oct. 2018 Rob Goldman, Facebook’s vice president of ads, rebutted the op-ed in a Twitter thread today. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Why we can’t stop debating whether Facebook sells data," 14 Dec. 2018 In a statement, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert didn’t rebut or even acknowledge the CIA assessment. — Michael R. Gordon, WSJ, "Analysis: Path Grows Rockier for Trump’s Saudi Policy," 18 Nov. 2018 Assistant District Attorney Deborah Watson-Stokes, the prosecutor who had rejected Nenner’s assertions about Morrison more than a year earlier, tried to rebut the evidence. — Mensah M. Dean, Philly.com, "3 charged, none convicted: Why a North Philly murder remains unsolved," 29 May 2018 Comey has tried to rebut Giuliani’s attacks in the past. — Washington Post, "‘I guess the love is gone’: Ex-FBI director Comey responds to Rudy Giuliani’s suggestion that he might have lied," 8 May 2018 Comey has tried to rebut Giuliani's attacks in the past. — Matt Zapotosky And John Wagner, chicagotribune.com, "James Comey responds to Rudy Giuliani's suggestion he might have lied," 8 May 2018 Moreover, the Democrats were able to effectively rebut many Republican talking points, notably by calling attention to the fact that Strzok’s dim view of the GOP was shared by many Republicans in the past. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "The Washington Post worries Strzok hearings were bad for democracy.," 13 July 2018 The report, though, largely seemed to rebut the president’s claims. — Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post, "In assessing donations to McCabe’s wife, inspector general does not find what Trump had hoped," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rebut.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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English Language Learners Definition of rebut
: to prove (something) is false by using arguments or evidence
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