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Rebuff

REBUFF', noun

1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.

2. Sudden check; defeat.

3. Refusal; rejection of solicitation.

REBUFF', verb transitive To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check.

 

 

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