Rebut

Word REBUT
Character 5
Hyphenation re but
Pronunciations /ɹɪ.ˈbʌt/

Definitions and meanings of "Rebut"

What do we mean by rebut?

To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case. intransitive verb

To repel or reject. intransitive verb

To present opposing evidence or arguments. intransitive verb

To repel by force; rebuff; drive back.

To thrust back or away, as by denial; refuse assent to; repel; reject.

To repel by evidence or argument; bring counter-arguments against; refute, or strive to refute: much used in legal procedure.

To withdraw: used reflexively.

In law, to make an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. Compare surrebut.

In curling, to make a random stroke with great force, in the hope of gaining some advantage in the striking and displacement of the stones about the tee.

To retire; to recoil. intransitive verb

To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. intransitive verb

To drive or beat back; to repulse. transitive verb

To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. transitive verb

To drive back or beat back; to repulse. verb

To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it. verb

Prove to be false or incorrect verb

Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof verb

To drive back or beat back; to repulse.

To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

Another name for retard or stupid (originated from colleenie beenie bannon) Urban Dictionary

Re·bute verb \ri-ˈbūt\ : to avoid doing (something) usually based on lack of evidence or little to no knowledge of what the activity is or what it entails. Urban Dictionary

Make a counter argument against a point that has already been made. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rebut

The word "rebut" in example sentences

Anyway, what you basically can’t rebut is that a group that’s decently optimized but not “Pun-Pun” type cheeseweasels is playing a game using these rules and finding our fighter to be an equal participant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Advocates of killing off the n-word rebut with a meditating question: Denigrating African-American women, glamorizing violence, defining an intelligent group of people with a racial slur — a term heavily drenched in ignorance and degradation, and all its many associations, is rational, sensible and intelligent? ❋ Unknown (2007)

(Not "rebut" or "debate" or whatever else he actually meant, but "rebate," which had me secretly hoping he had a way to refund to us some of our time he had wasted.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

How can I "rebut" your "argument," Greg, when neither of us has any insider information or campaign psychology expertise? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Limbaugh and his ilk did not become popular because they were ignored, there is simply a large reserve of sympathy for ignorance and hatred in the American populace. you can't "rebut" these people, they see their logic as infallible, even as it fails to reach even childish levels of reasoning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you have indeed been able to "rebut" me should it not be obvious? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I take it by "rebut" you mean the legal sense of "refute" - but refute implies success i.e. that you have disproved my contention. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ann: Sorry love .... you've lost me ..... what was there to 'rebut'? ❋ Unknown (2008)

For the time being, the decision by the district court has released the administration to "rebut" the next agent who dares to challenge ❋ Unknown (2008)

To "rebut" this statement, MediaMutters quotes from a January 1992 Los Angeles Times article: ❋ Unknown (2008)

The manager who terminated Hamel said in a written statement that she had poor sales performance and was reluctant to "rebut" customers; she was not aggressive enough. ❋ GayandRight (2007)

And so when "Scooter" Libby testifies, that's a big chance for them to kind of rebut that once again. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Why is our ambassador to Syria, who should be working his ass off to achieve the release of a Canadian citizen who's being held in prison without charge, looking for an opportunity to "rebut" charges that the man is being mistreated? ❋ Unknown (2005)

Vehicle owners could "rebut" that presumption by showing that the car had been stolen, rented to someone else or by identifying (under oath) the person who was driving the car at the time, the bill states. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Laura, "rebut" is correct, according to www. merriam-webster.com / dictionary / rebut. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In order to "rebut" an internet rumor, the McCain campaign came out and gave a big fat announcement to the media that this girl was pregnant. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On July 8, 2003, Vice President Cheney advised Libby that the president of the United States specifically had authorized Libby to disclose to New York Times reporter Judith Miller certain information from an October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate concerning Iraq and weapons of mass destruction in order to rebut Mr. Wilson. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

[what a] rebut!! [Ari] is such a [fucking] rebut. ❋ Lillian (2005)

"Hey Ryan." "Yeah, what's up?" "[Read this]." "No, I don't want to, I totally [rebute] reading that." "[You don't even know] what it is!" "I don't care, I'm not going to read it!" ❋ HunBun2017 (2014)

[Fox News] rebutes [MSNBC] [all the time] ❋ Rebutelord (2019)

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