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spurn
1. v. To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
2. v. To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
3. v. To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
4. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.
5. n. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
6. n. A kick; a blow with the foot.
7. n. (obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
8. n. (mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.

Example Sentences

For this purpose, it has shown itself prepared to undermine local democracies and spurn parliamentary decisions.

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