Verb
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
To retire; to recoil.
To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTrump is the proximate, the efficient, cause of the collapse of the conservative movement. The principles of sound conservatism compel us to criticize him, to rebut him, to resist him, and to plan to overcome him. Bill Kristol
While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you. Jonathan Haidt
I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation. Tom Stoppard
Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home. Ben Carson
The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments Source: Internet
The petitioner gives the first presentation, and may reserve some time to rebut the respondent's arguments after the respondent has concluded. Source: Internet