rebutted

verb

past tense of rebut
1
as in repulsed
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 refuted
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 rebutted Such interventions were rebutted by Dal Babu, a former chief superintendent of London’s Metropolitan Police. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 Nazir, for his part, rebutted the allegation. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 2 June 2026 However, the city rebutted the allegations, saying that Boca Bash was an unsanctioned event and therefore not hosted by officials. — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Kolasinski and Mendoza Hernandez’s fiancée, Cindy, rebutted the agency’s narrative at a news conference Wednesday. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026 Abughazaleh rebutted that attack. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026 Maryland Farm Bureau President Jamie Raley rebutted the proclamation in a press release. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026 His campaign has also filed paperwork with state election officials questioning Swalwell’s residency in California, claims that Swalwell has vigorously rebutted. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026 The only prominent robotaxi company Uber isn’t working with right now is Tesla, which has thus far rebutted Uber’s partnership offer and determined to go its own direction. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebutted
  1. repulsed
  2. refuted
  3. repelled
  4. resisted
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  • Plenty of people bought it, plenty were repulsed by it.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Firstman’s debut directorial effort, Club Kid, shrewdly acknowledges those garish personality tics, which have both endeared and repulsed audiences.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Definition of repulsed
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  • That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • North Crowley head coach DeMarcus Harris refuted the claim, saying there was no distinct evidence the move was made for athletic reasons, and supported Parks’ claim that Meredith had friends in the North Crowley community.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
Definition of refuted
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  • But they were outnumbered three or four to one by Argentina fans, who drowned them out with long flat roars whenever their team repelled a Spanish shot, or bundled a player off the pitch.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • In the United States, where Makdisi enrolled in college, she was repelled by American anti-Arab prejudices.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of repelled
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  • The initial complaint, filed on the day he was apprehended, alleged Hurtado-Cariaco forcibly resisted arrest, according to a pre-sentencing court filing by McWilliams.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • That matters especially in the United States, where patient access, physician burnout and accelerating costs have all resisted incremental fixes.
    — Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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