| scorn(verb, criticize, disparage, discredit, deride) |
| show up(verb, expression, oppose, expose, counter) |
| silence(verb, oppose, crush, expose, contest) |
| slam(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| smear(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| sneer at(verb, expression, criticize, scorn, disparage) |
| squash(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| take a stand against(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, expose) |
| take down(expression, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| take down a peg(expression, idiom, criticize, scorn, feelings) |
| top(verb, oppose, expose, contest, counter) |
| underestimate(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| undermine(verb, cancel, undo, impair, discredit) |
| underrate(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| undervalue(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| unfit(verb, cancel, undo, impair, discredit) |
| weaken(verb, cancel, undo, impair, discredit) |
| write off(verb, expression, criticize, scorn, disparage) |
| X out(expression, impair, discredit, invalidate, unstrengthen) |
| belie(verb, discredit, repudiate, contradict, refute) |