1. to debate
2. to dispute
3. to wrangle (dialect)

1. to debate
2. to contend
3. polemics

1. to debate
2. to refute

1. to argue
2. to debate
3. to contend
4. argument
5. contention
6. controversy
7. debate

classifiers: 次, 場

1. to dispute
2. to debate
3. to argue
4. to discuss

1. to retort
2. to refute

1. to retort
2. to answer back

1. to retort
2. to answer back

1. to counter accusations
2. to protest
3. to remonstrate
4. to retort
5. to plead
6. to demur
7. a plea (of not guilty)
8. a defense (against an allegation)
9. to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)

1. to refute
2. to demolish (an argument, theory etc)

1. to refute
2. to debunk
3. to deny
4. to denounce

1. to criticize
2. to refute

1. to dispute
2. to refute

1. variegated
2. heterogeneous
3. to refute
4. to contradict
5. to ship by barge
6. a barge
7. a lighter (ship)