Assert and Contradict

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Assert

Assert verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Usage example: vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish
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Antonyms for Assert
Contradict is an antonym for assert.
Nearby Words: assertive, assertion, asserted, asserting

Contradict

Contradict verb - To declare not to be true.
Usage example: his account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier
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Antonyms for Contradict
Assert is an antonym for contradict.
Nearby Words: contradictory, contradiction, contradictor, contradicting
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Common collocations

claim assert claim contradict claim
boss assert boss contradict boss
statement assert statement contradict statement
rules assert rules contradict rules
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