| cross(verb, state, charge, maintain, oppose) |
| fly in face of(expression, idiom, state, charge, maintain) |
| justify(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| take on(expression, state, charge, maintain, oppose) |
| affirm(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| allege(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| answer(verb, oppose, dispute, resist, contradict) |
| argue(verb, charge, maintain) |
| assert(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| aver(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| avow(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| backtalk(verb, oppose, block, dispute, hinder) |
| belie(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, reverse) |
| blast(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| buck(verb, oppose, block, dispute, hinder) |
| call in question(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, challenge) |
| charge(verb, state, maintain, declare, dispute) |
| claim(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| come at(expression, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| contend(verb, state, maintain, declare, assert) |