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