1
as in to repel
to drive back
Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat
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Recent Examples of rebut
But Padden rebutted that in her statement, noting that Galligan underwent two mental competency evaluations — one by the state Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health in 2024 and another by an independent psychiatrist in June.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 July 2025
Gretchen gets her first confessional after that and uses it partly to rebut Tamra.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
Prosecutors rebutted the arguments Vigil's lawyer made and said the evidence showed that he was involved in the attack on Lord.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
In a post on X, Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, rebutted that the total shipbuilding request for the coming year is $47.4 billion, about 21 percent above the prior year’s budget.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 July 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 July 2025
Gretchen gets her first confessional after that and uses it partly to rebut Tamra.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
Prosecutors rebutted the arguments Vigil's lawyer made and said the evidence showed that he was involved in the attack on Lord.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
In a post on X, Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, rebutted that the total shipbuilding request for the coming year is $47.4 billion, about 21 percent above the prior year’s budget.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebut
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Some types of soil and environmental conditions repel water, leaving plant roots and cells depleted of moisture.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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Your strongest beliefs repel the wrong people and magnetize the right ones.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Newhouse refuted the notion that people were going to lose access to health care.—
Saige Miller,
NPR,
15 Aug. 2025
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Several of Gupta’s accounts of the night are being refuted by authorities and the public.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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The cloud, resisted a decade ago by fashion executives concerned about ensuring IP secrecy, is now essential.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Simply toss the topper, which resists pilling, fading, and shrinking, according to the brand, in the washing machine and tumble dry on low heat for convenient maintenance.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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“Rebut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebut. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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