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  • 61negate — I verb abnegate, abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, declare null and void, defeat, demur, deny, deprive of… …

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  • 62oppose — I verb act in opposition to, argue against, balk, battle, be at cross purposes, be contrary to, block, buck, challenge, collide, combat, come in conflict with, confront, confute, contend, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter,… …

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  • 63refute — I verb abnegate, belie, cancel, confute, contend, contradict, contravene, controvert, crush, debate, defeat, demolish, deny, destroy, disaffirm, disclaim, discredit, dispose of, disprove, explode, falsify, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, negate,… …

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  • 64thwart — I verb avert, baffle, balk, bar, blight, bring to naught, check, contravene, counteract, countermine, counterwork, cripple, cross, damp, debar, defeat, foil, forestall, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interfere, interrupt,… …

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  • 65violate — vi·o·late / vī ə ˌlāt/ vt lat·ed, lat·ing: to go against (as a prohibition or principle): fail to observe or respect violate a law civil rights were violated violate due process vi·o·la·tion /ˌvī ə lā shən/ n …

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  • 66break — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. interruption, disconnection; breach, fracture, fissure, crack; pause; boon, advantage. v. crack, fracture, shatter; tame, subdue; change; train; surpass; violate, infringe. See brittleness,… …

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  • 67controvert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deny, contradict, contravene, traverse (legal), impugn, refute, confute, oppose, argue against, dispute, counter, debate. See negation. Ant., confirm, support. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To argue… …

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  • 68deny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection. Ant., acknowledge, admit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contradict, dispute,… …

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  • 69oppose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contrast, confront; combat, counter, resist, hinder; contradict, refute, cross; repel, withstand; obstruct; contravene. See opposition, confutation, negation, resistance.Ant., support. II (Roget s… …

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  • 70infringe — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. transgress, violate, trespass, encroach; see meddle 1 , transgress . See Synonym Study at trespass . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. trespass, violate, transgress, intrude, encroach, contravene. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …

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