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121 entries under refute topic. ×
| deny(verb, attack, decline, reject, oppose) | |
| contradict(verb, upset, break, attack, decline) | |
| 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) | |
| negate(verb, upset, break, decline, reject) | |
| contravene(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse) | |
| belie(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, undo) | |
| confound(verb, upset, break, reduce, ruin) | |
| negative(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse) | |
| oppugn(verb, upset, break, meet, oppose) | |
| break(verb, upset, reduce, cause, ruin) | |
| challenge(verb, oppose, dispute, deny, doubt) | |
| disaffirm(verb, oppose, refuse, challenge, deny) | |
| disagree(verb, hold, attack, decline, reject) | |
| disconfirm(verb, reduce, ruin, oppose, weaken) | |
| traverse(verb, phrasal verb, law, oppose, refuse) | |
| abjure(verb, decline, reject, refuse, renounce) |
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