rebut (v.)

• advocate
• answer
• assert
• belie
• break
• challenge
• champion
• confound
• confute
• contest
• contradict
• contravene
• controvert
• counter
• counterclaim
• cross
• crush
• defeat
• defend
• demolish
• deny
• destroy
• devastate
• discredit
• dismiss
• disprove
• espouse
• evert
• expose
• finish
• floor
• gainsay
• invalidate
• maintain
• negate
• nonplus
• oppugn
• overthrow
• overturn
• overwhelm
• parry
• puncture
• rebuff
• refute
• reject
• rejoin
• repel
• reply
• repulse
• respond
• riposte
• ruin
• settle
• silence
• squash
• squelch
• subvert
• support
• sustain
• traverse
• undermine
• uphold
• upset