verb
Meaning 1
To subject (an opponent) in a debate) to Bulverism ("a rhetorical fallacy in which a speaker assumes that their opponent's argument is wrong, and instead of disproving it, condescendingly explains why their opponent would have come to that conclusion").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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