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rebuts

verb , present tense third-person singular of rebut

Synonyms and Antonyms of rebuts

1 to drive back

Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life

Synonyms of rebuts

beats off, fends (off), repels, repulses, staves off, turns away, turns back

Words Related to rebuts

defies, fights, holds off, opposes, resists, stands off, withstands

deflects, wards (off)

rebuffs, snubs, spurns

Near Antonyms of rebuts

embraces, hails, welcomes

2 to prove to be false

Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat

Synonyms of rebuts

belies, confounds, confutes, debunks, disconfirms, discredits, disproves, falsifies, refutes, shoots down

Words Related to rebuts

overthrows, overturns

challenges, contests, queries, questions

doubts, mistrusts

debates, discusses, hashes (over), moots, talks over

Phrases Synonymous with rebuts

gives the lie to

Near Antonyms of rebuts

documents, evidences, evinces, records, shows, supports, witnesses

backs (up), buttresses, corroborates, substantiates

adduces, attests, authenticates, certifies, identifies

demonstrates, displays, illustrates, manifests

Antonyms of rebuts

confirms, establishes, proves, validates, verifies

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