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answer
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complete answer
,
confounding
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confutation
,
contradiction
,
controversion
,
demolition
,
denial
,
discrediting
,
effective rejoinder
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
rebuttal
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
squelch
,
subversion
,
upset
,
upsetting
,
wreckage
,
wrecking
demolition
collapse
the act of demolishing
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answer
,
complete answer
,
confounding
,
confutation
,
contradiction
,
controversion
,
demolishment
,
denial
,
disassembly
,
discrediting
,
dismantlement
,
effective rejoinder
,
flattening
,
leveling
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
razing
,
rebuttal
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
smashing
,
squelch
,
subversion
,
tearing down
,
undermining
,
unmaking
,
upset
,
upsetting
,
wreckage
,
wrecking
rebuttal
collapse
the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
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answer
,
argument
,
bucking
,
challenge
,
comeback
,
complete answer
,
confounding
,
confutation
,
contention
,
contradiction
,
contraposition
,
contraremonstrance
,
contravention
,
contraversion
,
controversion
,
counteraccusation
,
counteraction
,
counterblast
,
countercharge
,
counterclaim
,
counterreply
,
counterstatement
,
counterworking
,
crosscurrent
,
crossing
,
defense
,
demolition
,
demurrer
,
denial
,
discrediting
,
effective rejoinder
,
exception
,
head wind
,
impugnation
,
impugnment
,
negation
,
objection
,
opposing
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
oppugnation
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
plea
,
pleading
,
pleadings
,
rebutment
,
rebutter
,
refusal
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
rejection
,
rejoinder
,
replication
,
reply
,
resistance
,
response
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
riposte
,
special demurrer
,
special pleading
,
squelch
,
standing against
,
statement of defense
,
subversion
,
surrebuttal
,
surrebutter
,
surrejoinder
,
traversal
,
undercurrent
,
undermining
,
upset
,
upsetting
subversion
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the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
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alienation
,
answer
,
bloodless revolution
,
bouleversement
,
brainwashing
,
breakdown
,
breakup
,
capsizal
,
capsize
,
cataclysm
,
catastrophe
,
clean slate
,
clean sweep
,
complete answer
,
computer revolution
,
confounding
,
confutation
,
contradiction
,
controversion
,
convulsion
,
corruption
,
counterindoctrination
,
counterrevolution
,
culbute
,
debacle
,
demolishing
,
demolition
,
denial
,
destroying
,
destruction
,
discrediting
,
displacement
,
downfall
,
effective rejoinder
,
fall
,
indoctrination
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
overturn
,
palace revolution
,
prostration
,
radical change
,
rebuttal
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
reindoctrination
,
revolt
,
revolution
,
revolutionary war
,
revulsion
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
somersault
,
somerset
,
spasm
,
spill
,
squelch
,
striking alteration
,
sweeping change
,
tabula rasa
,
technological revolution
,
total change
,
transilience
,
turnover
,
undermining
,
upheaval
,
upset
,
upsetting
,
upturn
,
violent change
,
wreckage
,
wrecking
refutation
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the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
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abjuration
,
abjurement
,
abrogation
,
absolute contradiction
,
annulment
,
answer
,
argument
,
argumentum
,
case
,
complete answer
,
confounding
,
confutation
,
cons
,
consideration
,
contradiction
,
contraremonstrance
,
contrary assertion
,
contravention
,
controversion
,
counteraccusation
,
counterblast
,
countercharge
,
counterclaim
,
countering
,
counterreply
,
counterstatement
,
crossing
,
defense
,
demolition
,
demurrer
,
denial
,
disaffirmation
,
disallowance
,
disavowal
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
discrediting
,
disownment
,
disproof
,
effective rejoinder
,
elenchus
,
exception
,
forswearing
,
gainsaying
,
ignoratio elenchi
,
impugnment
,
nullification
,
objection
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
plaidoyer
,
plea
,
pleading
,
pleadings
,
pros
,
pros and cons
,
reason
,
rebuttal
,
rebutter
,
recantation
,
refutal
,
rejoinder
,
renunciation
,
replication
,
reply
,
repudiation
,
response
,
retractation
,
retraction
,
revocation
,
riposte
,
special demurrer
,
special pleading
,
squelch
,
statement of defense
,
subversion
,
surrebuttal
,
surrebutter
,
surrejoinder
,
talking point
,
undermining
,
upset
,
upsetting
contradiction
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the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
related words >
abjuration
,
abjurement
,
abrogation
,
absolute contradiction
,
annulment
,
answer
,
antagonism
,
antipathy
,
antithesis
,
argumentation
,
backlash
,
bucking
,
challenge
,
chucking
,
chucking out
,
clashing
,
collision
,
complete answer
,
conflict
,
confounding
,
confrontation
,
confutation
,
contempt
,
contention
,
contradistinction
,
contraindication
,
contraposition
,
contrariety
,
contrary assertion
,
contrast
,
contravention
,
contraversion
,
controversion
,
controversy
,
counteraction
,
countering
,
counterposition
,
counterworking
,
crankiness
,
cross-purposes
,
crosscurrent
,
crossing
,
crotchetiness
,
declination
,
declining
,
demolition
,
denial
,
despisal
,
despising
,
difference
,
disaccord
,
disaccordance
,
disaffirmation
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disapproval
,
disavowal
,
discard
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
discord
,
discordance
,
discordancy
,
discounting
,
discrediting
,
discrepancy
,
disharmony
,
dismissal
,
disownment
,
disparity
,
disproof
,
disregard
,
dissension
,
dissent
,
dissidence
,
dissonance
,
disunion
,
disunity
,
divergence
,
diversity
,
effective rejoinder
,
exception
,
exclusion
,
faction
,
forswearing
,
friction
,
gainsaying
,
head wind
,
hostility
,
ignoring
,
impugnation
,
impugnment
,
inaccordance
,
inconsistency
,
inequality
,
inimicalness
,
interference
,
jarring
,
kick
,
negation
,
nonacceptance
,
nonapproval
,
nonconformity
,
nonconsideration
,
nullification
,
opposing
,
oppositeness
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
oppugnance
,
oppugnancy
,
oppugnation
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
passing by
,
perverseness
,
perversity
,
polarity
,
putting away
,
putting out
,
reaction
,
rebuff
,
rebutment
,
rebuttal
,
recalcitrance
,
recantation
,
recoil
,
refusal
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
rejection
,
renitency
,
renouncement
,
renunciation
,
repercussion
,
repudiation
,
repugnance
,
repulse
,
resistance
,
retractation
,
retraction
,
revocation
,
revolt
,
scouting
,
showdown
,
spurning
,
squelch
,
standing against
,
subversion
,
swimming upstream
,
throwing out
,
traversal
,
turning out
,
undercurrent
,
undermining
,
unharmoniousness
,
upset
,
upsetting
,
variance
squelch
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suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
make a sucking sound
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answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
asphyxiate
,
assibilate
,
assibilation
,
barb
,
black out
,
bottle up
,
buzz
,
censor
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
comeback
,
complete answer
,
confound
,
confounding
,
confutation
,
confute
,
contradict
,
contradiction
,
controversion
,
controvert
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crush
,
damp down
,
defeat
,
demolish
,
demolition
,
denial
,
deny
,
discrediting
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
drown
,
dumbfound
,
effective rejoinder
,
effervesce
,
effervescence
,
effervescing
,
extinguish
,
finish
,
fizz
,
fizzle
,
fizzling
,
floor
,
frication
,
frictional rustling
,
gag
,
gibe
,
hiss
,
hissing
,
hold down
,
hugger-mugger
,
humiliate
,
hush
,
hush up
,
hush-hush
,
hushing
,
jibe
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
lisp
,
muffle
,
muzzle
,
nonplus
,
outdo
,
overcome
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
parry
,
pour water on
,
put down
,
put out
,
put to silence
,
put-down
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
quip
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
reduce to silence
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
refute
,
repress
,
retort
,
rhonchus
,
riposte
,
sally
,
settle
,
shoot down
,
shush
,
shushing
,
shut down on
,
shut up
,
sibilance
,
sibilate
,
sibilation
,
siffle
,
sigmatism
,
silence
,
siss
,
sissing
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
sizz
,
sizzle
,
sizzling
,
smash
,
smash all opposition
,
smother
,
sneeze
,
sneezing
,
sniff
,
sniffle
,
snore
,
snort
,
snuff
,
snuff out
,
snuffle
,
soft-pedal
,
spit
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
squash
,
squish
,
stamp out
,
stanch
,
sternutation
,
stertor
,
stifle
,
still
,
strangle
,
strike dumb
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
subversion
,
subvert
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
swish
,
throttle
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
undermine
,
undermining
,
upset
,
upsetting
,
wheeze
,
whish
,
whistle
,
whistling
,
white noise
,
whiz
,
whoosh
,
wisecrack
,
zip
denial
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the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
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Eighteenth Amendment
,
Prohibition Party
,
Volstead Act
,
abjuration
,
abjurement
,
abnegation
,
abrogation
,
absolute contradiction
,
abstaining
,
agnosticism
,
annulment
,
answer
,
argument
,
atheism
,
ban
,
bereavement
,
bucking
,
challenge
,
chucking
,
chucking out
,
complete answer
,
confounding
,
confutation
,
constraint
,
contempt
,
contention
,
contraband
,
contradiction
,
contraposition
,
contrary assertion
,
contravention
,
contraversion
,
controversion
,
cost
,
counteraction
,
countering
,
counterstatement
,
counterworking
,
crosscurrent
,
crossing
,
damage
,
dead loss
,
debit
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
defense
,
demolition
,
demurrer
,
denudation
,
deprivation
,
despisal
,
despising
,
despoilment
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
disaffirmation
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disapproval
,
disavowal
,
disbelief
,
discard
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
discounting
,
discredit
,
discrediting
,
dismissal
,
disobedience
,
disowning
,
disownment
,
dispossession
,
disproof
,
disregard
,
dissent
,
divestment
,
effective rejoinder
,
embargo
,
exception
,
exclusion
,
expatriation
,
expense
,
forbearance
,
forbiddance
,
forbidden fruit
,
forbidding
,
forfeit
,
forfeiture
,
forswearing
,
frugality
,
gainsaying
,
golden mean
,
head wind
,
heresy
,
holding back
,
ignoring
,
impugnation
,
impugnment
,
inability to believe
,
incredulity
,
index
,
index expurgatorius
,
index librorum prohibitorum
,
infidelity
,
inhibition
,
injunction
,
injury
,
interdict
,
interdiction
,
interdictum
,
law
,
loser
,
losing
,
losing streak
,
loss
,
minimifidianism
,
misbelief
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
nay
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
nix
,
no
,
no-no
,
nonacceptance
,
nonapproval
,
nonbelief
,
noncompliance
,
nonconsent
,
nonconsideration
,
nonobservance
,
nothing in excess
,
nullification
,
nullifidianism
,
objection
,
opposing
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
oppugnation
,
overthrow
,
overthrowal
,
palinode
,
palinody
,
passing by
,
perdition
,
plea
,
pleading
,
preclusion
,
prevention
,
privation
,
prohibition
,
prohibitory injunction
,
proscription
,
putting away
,
putting out
,
rebuff
,
rebutment
,
rebuttal
,
recantation
,
refraining
,
refusal
,
refutal
,
refutation
,
rejection
,
reneging
,
renouncement
,
renunciation
,
reply
,
repression
,
repudiation
,
repulse
,
resistance
,
response
,
restraint
,
restrictive covenants
,
retention
,
retractation
,
retraction
,
revocation
,
revokement
,
riposte
,
robbery
,
ruin
,
ruling out
,
sacrifice
,
scouting
,
self
,
self-control
,
self-denial
,
self-discipline
,
self-mastery
,
self-restraint
,
soberness
,
sobriety
,
sophrosyne
,
special demurrer
,
special pleading
,
spoliation
,
spurning
,
squelch
,
standing against
,
statement of defense
,
statute
,
stripping
,
subversion
,
sumptuary laws
,
suppression
,
taboo
,
taking away
,
temperance
,
temperateness
,
throwing out
,
thumbs-down
,
total loss
,
traversal
,
turndown
,
turning out
,
unbelief
,
unbelievingness
,
undercurrent
,
undermining
,
unsaying
,
unwillingness
,
upset
,
upsetting
,
veto
,
withdrawal
,
withholding
,
zoning
,
zoning laws
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