rebut
/rih-BUT/verbto argue against a claim with evidence; to refute
“The defense rebutted the timeline point by point.”
- Synonyms
- refute, counter, disprove
- Antonyms
- concede, confirm
- Memory hook
- rebut: push the argument back.
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