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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2
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
Cook said last week she wouldn’t be bullied into stepping down and vowed to rebut the accusations.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
But Trump soured on this and other initiatives after the director of CISA publicly rebutted his claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
Johnson attempted to rebut his statements but was cut off by moderators, who ended the forum.
—Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
In addition to rebutting the allegations, ESPN could raise a number of defenses.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
But Trump soured on this and other initiatives after the director of CISA publicly rebutted his claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
Johnson attempted to rebut his statements but was cut off by moderators, who ended the forum.
—Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
In addition to rebutting the allegations, ESPN could raise a number of defenses.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebut
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Your LinkedIn profile transformation starts now Your profile is either attracting dream clients or repelling them.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Your attitude can repel your crush!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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That backup has since grown into a hundreds-strong campaign to refute the DHS allegations, which supporters call a resurgence of anti-Muslim fearmongering that has persisted across party lines since the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago this month.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Days after the hearing, the leader of the Pentagon's office to investigate UFOs provided testimony of his own refuting some of the claims.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Cook, who remains at the Federal Reserve, has sued the president to resist her dismissal.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other times, long rates resist or even rise, flattening the curve and blunting the Fed’s impact.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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