All counter-checking synonyms
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C c verb counter-checking
- belie β If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- vitiate β to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- rebut β to refute by evidence or argument.
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- subdue β to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- overcome β to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- vindicate β to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- amend β If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
- remedy β something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- mend β to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- regulate β to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- rule out β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- annul β If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- revoke β to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
- abort β If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- repeal β to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
- rescind β to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- thwart β to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- rectify β to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- correct β If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- cancel out β If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- undo β to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- ding β to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
- traverse β to pass or move over, along, or through.
- dump β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- blackball β If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club.
- controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- quash β to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- impugn β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- stonewall β to engage in stonewalling.
- override β to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- balance β If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- overrule β to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
- repair β to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- reform β the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- ease β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.