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rebuttal

[ ri-buht-l ]

noun

  1. an act of rebutting, as in a debate.

    Synonyms: confutation, denial, refutation, rejoinder



rebuttal

  1. A reply intended to show fault in an opponent's argument.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rebuttal1

First recorded in 1820–30; rebut + -al 2
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Example Sentences

Paytm’s fresh announcement of the program this week, however, portrays it as a direct rebuttal to Google, which blocks alternative app stores on its platform.

From Fortune

Some of the responses to claims made by Hindenburg, which stands to gain from Nikola shares falling, are more so counterarguments than rebuttals.

From Fortune

Chairman and founder Trevor Milton had vowed earlier Friday to issue a detailed rebuttal after “working through the night.”

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Even Jerry Seinfeld weighed in, writing a rebuttal in the New York Times this week.

From Fortune

It didn’t take too long for Google to issue a rebuttal to the rebuttal.

From Digiday

This dad read it as the latter and wrote his own lyrical rebuttal to the tune.

One way to start: Time the release of the Senate report to coincide with the release of a CIA rebuttal.

But I believe the report should be declassified along with the CIA rebuttal.

He denied, however, that Steadfast Jazz was in any way a rebuttal to Zapad-13.

On Monday, Chris returned to his own MSNBC show to deliver an after-the-fact rebuttal.

Certainly such an attitude would be a timely rebuttal of the anti-colonization sentiment of the Negro ministry in general.

Then the question that the man had asked in rebuttal to his own penetrated the manager's mind, and he became puzzled.

But it was against Mr. Colbrith's principles to let a man off with a single rebuttal.

In spite of her haughty rebuttal of the charge against her husband, she was wounded and oppressed by it.

In debating, this repulse, this destruction of the arguments of the opposition, is called refutation or rebuttal.

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