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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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
The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation also rebutted Darnaude’s essay on Wednesday in a statement to ARTNews.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 30 Jan. 2025
Baldoni’s team plans to set up a website to release more information to rebut Lively’s accusations.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Good people can step up to difficult conversations and listen to each other with the intent to learn rather than to rebut.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Tesla rebutted the findings, but Cal/OSHA cited the company the next year for omitting hundreds of injuries listed in logs at its factory from annual summary data that the company sends each year to government regulators.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 30 Jan. 2025
Baldoni’s team plans to set up a website to release more information to rebut Lively’s accusations.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Good people can step up to difficult conversations and listen to each other with the intent to learn rather than to rebut.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Tesla rebutted the findings, but Cal/OSHA cited the company the next year for omitting hundreds of injuries listed in logs at its factory from annual summary data that the company sends each year to government regulators.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebut
Verb
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Kyiv's troops have repelled months of Russian counteroffensives, but recent weeks have seen their salient crumble and Russian forces retake significant ground.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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This desperation, rather than repelling me, became a source of connection.—
Priscilla Posada,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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If the opening set introduced any doubts, though, the rest of the show refuted them.—
Abby Webster,
Billboard,
14 Mar. 2025
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However, according to The Washington Post, current and former USAID officials refuted Musk’s claims.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Many assume government workers will resist new technology, but this overlooks a simple truth: The entire U.S. workforce already navigates sophisticated technology in their daily lives.—
Alex Saric,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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To that end, her drama resists sensationalizing the Barnetts’ claims, and then rejects them all together.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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These same, once skeptical business leaders rallied around Trump in 2017 but were repulsed by many of his words and actions within eight months, withdrawing support, not returning to give him a second chance until now.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Rebut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebut. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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