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
Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress rebutted Burry’s claim about the life of Nvidia’s chips, saying in the earnings presentation that the company’s hardware is long-lasting and efficient because of its CUDA software system.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
The cast largely helps to keep things grounded, rebutting the histrionics by treating each claim with legitimacy or reciting each gauche line with apt conviction.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Johnson's attorney denies allegations against the police chief Johnson's attorney, Michael Fox, rebutted the allegations against his client.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The guidance is rebutted by infectious disease experts who say most adults and children should get both the flu and covid vaccines, which are safe, effective, and prevent serious illness.
—Phillip Reese, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
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Some have coatings that are meant to repel water or fingerprints.—
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Madrid’s back line were forced to repel multiple crosses, while Courtois saved from Baena (twice) and Sorloth.—
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Graphic videos are being cited to refute the administration's assertion that the shooting was justified.—
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Trump administration claims that Good attacked or tried to run over ICE agents before the shooting have been refuted by the videos captured during the incident.—
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After a man appears to resist, the situation escalates as several agents tackle him and place him in handcuffs.—
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Pahlavi has encouraged Iranians to resist the Islamic regime by participating in mass protests.—
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For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same.—
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Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community.—
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“Rebut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebut. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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