5
crush(verb, contest, counter, discredit, repudiate)
5
defend(verb, maintain, return, acknowledge, deny)
5
disconfirm(verb, reduce, ruin, oppose, weaken)
5
dismiss(verb, annul, vindicate)
5
expose(verb, upset, break, contest, discredit)
5
impugn(verb, break, disregard, oppose, criticize)
5
recant(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
5
reply(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
5
retract(verb, stop, reject, withdraw, abandon)
5
subvert(verb, upset, break, evidence, disprove)
5
vindicate(verb, maintain, defend, prove, justify)
4
abrogate(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, restore)
4
challenge(verb, oppose, deny, doubt, question)
4
cross(verb, break, disregard, oppose, dispute)
4
debate(verb, oppose, dispute, challenge, deliberate)
4
dispose of(verb, expression, contest, discredit, contradict)
4
fight(break, disregard, oppose, hinder, breach)
4
question(verb, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge)
4
rejoin(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, counter)
4
renounce(verb, decline, reject, disregard, ignore)
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