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All counter-checking synonyms

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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.
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