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to disprove or argue against
- They neither refuted nor agreed; they merely looked as if her arguments were beside the point.3.5 Part 3 Chapter 5 — Their Brothers' Keepers (71% in)
refuted = argued against
- It was useless to argue, she thought, and to wonder about people who would neither refute an argument nor accept it.1.7 Part 1 Chapter 7 — The Exploiters and the Exploited (38% in)
- They haven't said a thing that could be refuted and embarrass them professionally.1.7 Part 1 Chapter 7 — The Exploiters and the Exploited (40% in)
- If you can refute a single sentence I uttered, madame, I shall hear it gratefully.2.2 Part 2 Chapter 2 — The Aristocracy of Pull (84% in)
There are no more uses of "refute" in Atlas Shrugged.
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