refute = 'repudiate'; catastrophic = 'extraordinarily severe' (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Eugene Volokh also spots an unusual usage of "refute", from news reports
about Rep. Maxine Waters:
http://volokh.com/2010/08/13/refutes/


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> 2010 S. Palin in _New Yorker_ (Aug. 16) 27: Peaceful New Yorkers, pls
refute
> the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @
Twin
> Towers site is too raw, too real.
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