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84 entries under contest topic. ×
| deny(verb, attack, decline, reject, oppose) | |
| contradict(verb, upset, break, attack, decline) | |
| dispute(verb, meet, attack, consider, oppose) | |
| refute(verb, upset, break, decline, reduce) | |
| rebut(verb, upset, break, decline, reduce) | |
| disprove(verb, upset, break, decline, reduce) | |
| gainsay(verb, attack, decline, reject, oppose) | |
| oppose(verb, meet, decline, reject, consider) | |
| confute(verb, upset, break, reduce, consider) | |
| debate(verb, attack, maintain, oppose, fight) | |
| negate(verb, upset, break, decline, reject) | |
| counter(verb, attack, oppose, fight, challenge) | |
| discuss(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute) | |
| argue(verb, meet, attack, consider, maintain) | |
| canvass(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute) | |
| question(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute) | |
| contend(verb, consider, present, maintain, oppose) | |
| challenge(verb, oppose, dispute, deny, doubt) | |
| disaffirm(verb, oppose, refuse, challenge, deny) | |
| disagree(verb, hold, attack, decline, reject) |
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