Defend and Refute

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Defend

Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
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Refute and defend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refute" instead a verb "Defend".
Nearby Words: defense, defence, defender, defensive, defending

Refute

Refute verb - To declare not to be true.
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Defend and refute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Refute".
Nearby Words: refutation, refutable, refuting

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people defend people refute people
charge defend charge refute charge
point defend point refute point
right defend right refute right
Other words: actions.

Both words in one sentence

  • People try to refute or defend the review as if it's a scientific experiment.
    Source: Reviews Are The Gospel
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