All evert synonyms

verb evert

• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
• top — Technical/Office Protocol
• disconfirm — to prove to be invalid.
• get back at — take revenge on
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep off — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• abnegate — to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
• burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• debate — A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
• demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
• disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• gainsay — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• parry — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
• cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
• dispose of — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
• give the lie to — a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
• shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
• show up — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
• shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
• about-face — An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.