| justify(verb, maintain, defend, prove, respond) |
| kick around(expression, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge) |
| maintain(defend, uphold, prove, justify) |
| mitigate(verb, vindicate) |
| moot(verb, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge) |
| nix(cancel, undo, impair, discredit, overturn) |
| nonplus(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart) |
| oppugn(upset, break, oppose, argue) |
| overwhelm(upset, break) |
| pick a bone(expression, idiom, consider, oppose, dispute) |
| plead for(expression, maintain, defend, uphold, prove) |
| protest(verb, oppose, criticize, object, fuss) |
| puncture(verb, discredit, repudiate, confound, contradict) |
| put to silence(expression, idiom, confutation) |
| react(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, counter) |
| reduce to silence(expression, idiom, confutation) |
| repeal(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, restore) |
| reverse(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, undo) |
| scorn(verb, hold, look, disparage, deride) |
| set aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, upset) |