Definition of rebut
rebutted
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Examples of rebut in a Sentence
Her lawyer attempted to rebut the witness's testimony.
Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life.
Recent Examples of rebut from the Web
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Mr. Trump was rebutting reports that Mr. Kushner had talked about setting up a secret communications channel to Moscow during the transition after the election.
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May rebutted his claims by accusing Corbyn of saying Britain had brought terrorism upon itself.
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At campaign stops and on TV, the soft-spoken Quist either rebutted Republican attack ads or attacked the GOP's health-care bill, hitting Gianforte especially hard on his remarks on the donor call.
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Many outraged Los Angeles Times readers sought to rebut the wrongheaded letters, whether in web comments or in additional letters sent to the editors of the newspaper.
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Tyson on Friday rebutted the analyst’s report and the related lawsuits.
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But Colin Powell's claim before the UN that this was a poison factory had created a desire in Ansar to rebut the charges.
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But Ailes and his lawyers declined an invitation from Sherman to rebut Luhn’s story.
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Later polls will confirm or rebut the results of the most recent American Research Group poll.
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Did You Know?
The -but in rebut once meant basically "butt", so rebut's original meanings were "to drive or beat back" and "to attack with violent language". Rebuttals can still be rather violent, as anyone who has watched some heated moments in a presidential debate can testify. The word is often used by lawyers, since the lawyer for the accused or for the party being sued almost always tries to rebut the charges against his or her client; but it's also used in plenty of contexts outside the courtroom.
Origin and Etymology of rebut
Middle English, from Anglo-French reboter, from re- + boter to butt — more at butt
REBUT Defined for English Language Learners
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: to prove (something) is false by using arguments or evidence
REBUT Defined for Kids
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rebutted
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: to prove to be wrong by argument or by proof
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: to refute, counteract, or disprove (as opposing evidence) by evidence or argument rebut damaging testimony rebut a presumption
rebuttable
adjectiverebuttably
adverbOrigin and Etymology of rebut
Anglo-French reboter rebuter to answer a charge, bar from an action, literally, to repulse, rebuff, from Old French reboter, from re- back + boter to push, butt
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