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will rebuff

  • future tense
    of rebuff.
    rebuff
    noun
    a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.

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Russia has been actively courting Saudi weapons purchases, and Riyadh, despite U.S. urging, has declined to say that it will rebuff those entreaties.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2018

Hopefully, local politicians will rebuff what would amount to a gross misallocation of public funds.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2017

Juventus will rebuff any bid from Paris St-Germain for their 20-year-old French midfielder Paul Pogba.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2014