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S: (v) ignore, disregard, snub, cut (refuse to acknowledge) "She cut him dead at the meeting"
S: (v) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore (bar from attention or consideration) "She dismissed his advances"

S: (v) slight, cold-shoulder (pay no attention to, disrespect) "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
S: (v) discredit (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved) "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
S: (v) shrug off (minimize the importance of, brush aside) "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"
S: (v) pass off (disregard) "She passed off the insult"
S: (v) scoff, flout (treat with contemptuous disregard) "flout the rules"
S: (v) turn a blind eye (refuse to acknowledge) "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office"
S: (v) laugh off, laugh away (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it) "She laughs away all these problems"

S: (v) reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge) "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

S: (v) neglect, ignore, disregard (give little or no attention to) "Disregard the errors"