The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONTRADICT
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More clues leading to the result CONTRADICT
- . Disagree with senior policeman blocking agreement
- Deny girl’s entering a formal agreement
- I had turned up, coming in to shorten dispute
- Be in conflict with princess taken in by shrink
- Deny I had flipped in agreement
- Deny daughter’s single in engagement
- Deny agreement I’d entered being overturned
- I’d turn up to break agreement in dispute
- Bond embracing girl? Say it isn’t so!
- Little female in agreement or dispute?
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The straight part
We know that "dispute" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dispute = contradict.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONTRADICT mean?
CONTRADICT verb- To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
- To deny the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
- To be contrary to (something).
- To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
- To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
- To speak against; to forbid.