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                    as in nos
                                                
              
          
                                                      a vote or decision against something                                       
              
                             in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in opposites
                                                
              
          
                                                      something that is as different as possible from something else                                       
              
                             the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in disadvantages
                                                
              
          
                                                      a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success                                       
              
                             the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m.                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in downs
                                                
              
          
                                                      to reject by or as if by a vote                                       
              
                             although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument                                       we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in denies
                                                
              
          
                                                      to declare not to be true                                       
              
                             the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in refuses
                                                
              
          
                                                      to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to                                       
              
                             even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in offsets
                                                
              
          
                                                      to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective                                       
              
                             no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in rejects
                                                
              
          
                                                      to be unwilling to grant                                       
              
                             ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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