disprove
verb
1 disprove
Prove to be false:
— The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories.
synonym: confute.
Roget 479:
confute,
refute,
disprove;
parry,
negative,
controvert,
rebut,
confound,
disconfirm,
redargue†,
expose,
show the fallacy of,
defeat;
demolish,
break
etc.
(destroy)
162;
overthrow,
overturn scatter to the winds,
explode,
invalidate;
silence;
put to silence,
reduce to silence;
clinch an argument,
clinch a question;
give one a setdown†,
stop the mouth,
shut up;
have,
have on the hip.
not leave a leg to stand on,
cut the ground from under one's feet.
be confuted
&c.;
fail;
expose one's weak point,
show one's weak point.
counter evidence
etc.
468.
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Dutch: weerleggen
Moby thesaurus: abjure, assert the contrary, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, break, confound, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deflate, demolish, deny, destroy, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, discredit, disown, dispute, evert, explode, expose, forswear, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, overthrow, overturn, prove the contrary, puncture, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, shoot, show up, take back, take issue with, traverse, undercut ... show more.
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