Related Words for rebut

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refute
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Verb, Verb
disprove
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Verb, Verb
substantiate
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Verb
debunk
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Verb
rebuttal
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Noun
corroborate
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Verb
argue
/x
Verb
refutation
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Noun
dismiss
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Verb
explain
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Verb
discredit
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Noun
contradict
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Verb
assert
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Verb
counterargument
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Noun
expound
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Verb
defend
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Verb
criticize
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Verb
cite
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Verb
justify
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Verb
interject
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Verb
restate
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Verb
countering
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Verb
summarize
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Verb
criticise
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Verb
adduce
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Verb
denounce
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Verb
assertion
x/x
Noun
retract
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Verb
posit
/x
Verb
respond
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Verb
recant
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Verb
assail
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Verb
explicate
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Verb
argument
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Noun
dispel
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Verb
prove
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Verb
convince
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Verb
reiterate
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Verb
summarise
/x/
Verb
concede
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Verb
deny
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Verb
rephrase
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Verb
ignore
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Verb
claim
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Noun
quash
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Verb
evidence
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Noun
clarify
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Verb
proffer
/x
Noun
persuade
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Verb
plead
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Verb
deride
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Verb
repudiate
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Verb
deflect
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Verb
disclaim
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Verb
vindicate
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Verb
disparage
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Verb
propound
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Verb
oppose
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Verb
contentions
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Noun
attempt
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Noun
construe
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Verb
accusation
xx/x
Noun
excuse
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Noun
allude
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Verb
demonstrate
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Verb
dignify
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Verb
reject
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Verb
surmise
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Noun
concoct
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Verb
testify
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Verb
dissect
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Verb
replying
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Verb
opine
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Verb
validate
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Verb
reasoned
/x
Verb
suppress
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Verb
discuss
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Verb
accuse
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Verb
formulate
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Verb
misrepresent
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Verb
insinuate
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Verb
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
throw back
//
Phrase, Verb
retort
/x
Noun
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
reverberate
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Noun
revert
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Verb
fall back
//
Phrase, Verb
retreat
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Noun
repeal
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Noun
recoil
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Noun
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
set back
//
Phrase, Verb
reverse
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Noun
rebuff
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Noun
roll back
//
Phrase, Verb
backlash
/x
Noun
return
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Noun
recede
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Verb
back
/
Adverb
reciprocate
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Verb
overturn
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Verb
turn back
//
Phrase, Verb
rear
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Noun
reclaim
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Verb
retaliate
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Verb
take back
//
Phrase, Verb
get back
//
Phrase, Verb
spring back
//
Phrase, Verb
backtrack
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Noun
reproof
xx
Noun
presumption
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Noun
allegation
xx/x
Noun
showing
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Noun
inference
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Noun
debris
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Noun
charges
/x
Noun
criticisms
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Noun
testimony
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Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun
objections
x/x
Noun
scepticism
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Noun
prosecution
xx/x
Noun
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
baseless
/x
Adjective
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
counteract
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Verb, Noun
decline
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Noun, Verb
defeat
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Noun, Verb
displace
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Verb
impugn
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Verb
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
negate
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Verb
overcome
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Verb, Noun
overrule
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Verb
overthrow
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Verb, Noun
postpone
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Verb
push
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Verb, Noun
repel
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Verb
topple
/x
Verb, Noun
undermine
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Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
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Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
fall
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Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective