rebuts

verb

Definition of rebutsnext
present tense third-person singular of rebut
1
as in resists
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 refutes
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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“Rebuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuts. Accessed 4 Feb. 2023.

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