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  • verb Present participle of refudiate.

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Examples

  • So the GOP thinks they really have a winner in denouncing and "refudiating" American Muslims with their goals of occupying buildings.

    Tina Dupuy: Living in a 'Post-Racist' Society 2010

  • Sarah Palin has not only revealed herself to be linguistically challenged in "refudiating" the proposed "mosque" near Ground Zero, but also emotionally overwrought.

    Two Cheers For American Tolerance 2010

  • So the GOP thinks they really have a winner in denouncing and "refudiating" American Muslims with their goals of occupying buildings.

    Tina Dupuy: Living in a 'Post-Racist' Society 2010

  • Sarah Palin has not only revealed herself to be linguistically challenged in "refudiating" the proposed "mosque" near Ground Zero, but also emotionally overwrought.

    Reason Magazine 2010

  • Sarah Palin has enough trouble "refudiating" the English language.

    The Moderate Voice 2010

  • Planet Grenada: "refudiating" islamophobia: park 51/cordoba house/the (not-really-at) - ground zero mosque

    Planet Grenada 2010

  • Poor Princess Sarah, when she was caught "refudiating," had been fed a fact that she was totally unequipped to argue: that writers frequently make up words, not least Shakespeare.

    DownWithTyranny! 2010

  • We must note, however, that the groups behind the project in question - a proposed 13-story building a few blocks from Ground Zero that will house a mosque, gym, community center for a number of groups, among other things - are not going to be "refudiating" their plans.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • Sarah Palin's "death panel" comment was self-refudiating, but it galvanized a fruitful discussion about rationing Medicare spending and end-of-life choices.

    The case for government-funded journalism Derek Thompson 2011

  • Renewal requires creating, cooperating and community not regressing, reloading, or "refudiating."

    Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam: Take America Forward: A Citizen's Call to Arms Ed Crego 2010

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