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What is the verb for rebuttal?

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rebut
  1. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  2. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
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    1. “The respondent produced no evidence to rebut the claim for such relief and the learned trial judge, quite properly, attached significance to the failure.”
      “These fortresses were made to rebut the incoming Welsh from the fringe.”
      “They were never given a hearing or an opportunity to rebut the reasons for the cancellations as required by the regulations and the constitution.”
rebutter
  1. To apply butter to something again.
rebuts
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebut
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    1. “This latest display of public generosity once again rebuts the myth that most people only have self-interest at heart.”
      “The surfacing of the second tool of this type rebuts the earlier suggestion that the tool was special and made-to-order.”
      “His presence rebuts criticism that Mr Obama's team has too little policymaking experience.”
rebutted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rebut
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    1. “These presumptions or circumstances of evidence are readily rebutted by comparatively slight evidence.”
      “The decriers of greed, privilege, and degeneracy and champions of economic equality are forcefully rebutted in turn.”
      “When confronted with the police report, he rebutted with a counter-accusation that surprised the two officials supervising the interview.”
rebutting
  1. present participle of rebut
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    1. “This process took several minutes, though he managed to keep his darker half in check at all times, rebutting him at every strike.”
      “Please bear with me, as I spend most of the brief time left making my case, not rebutting yours.”
      “One, a lawyer, makes detailed submissions rebutting the prosecution evidence.”
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