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REBUT

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Irregular inflected forms: rebutted    , rebutting   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prove to be false or incorrect

Synonyms:

controvert; rebut; refute

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "rebut" is one way to...):

confute; disprove (prove to be false)

Sentence frames:

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Something ----s something

Derivation:

rebutter (a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

Example:

The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments

Synonyms:

rebut; refute

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rebut" is one way to...):

disown; renounce; repudiate (cast off)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rebut"):

contradict; controvert; oppose (be resistant to)

answer (give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

rebuttal (the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument)

rebutter ((law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder)

rebutter (a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument)

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