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UK
/ɹɪbˈʌt/
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[ US /ɹiˈbət, ɹɪˈbət/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈbət, ɹɪˈbət/ ]
VERB
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overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments - prove to be false or incorrect
How To Use rebut In A Sentence
- In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
- The ladies took the stand for the second time during the surrebuttal and again dumped on Lana shamelessly. Guilty Feelings
- Many of Rogers' assertions and specific rebuttals (which form, in effect, a counter-reading of Kornbluh's book) are best answered by Kornbluh himself.
- I does create the rebuttable presumption of discrimination. Ah, gerrymandering. | RedState
- We have seen how law and theory unite to provide a list of excuses which rebut the normal presumption of voluntariness.
- There were pointed fingers and raised voices, harsh accusations and angry rebuttals.
- When a plaintiff is able to prove defamation per se, damages are presumed, but the presumption is rebuttable. Heroes or Villains?
- When asked why the government did not rebut them as it did when anti-government stories appeared, he just shrugged his shoulders.
- For example, he repeatedly says the government never opposed a habeas hearing in Hamdi, but only at the end says that it should have been (and maybe still is?) ok for the government's evidence to be irrebuttable. Balkinization
- In general, an effective rebuttal will require evidence that Marjorie's actions were voluntary.