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re·fute
 refute
- pronunciation:
- rih
fyut
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
refuted, refutes, refuting |
| definition 1: |
to demonstrate the falseness or error of; disprove.
She refuted his argument with some well-documented evidence.- synonyms:
- confute, disprove, rebut
- antonyms:
- prove, verify
- similar words:
- belie, confound, contradict, debunk, deny, discredit, dispute, invalidate, negate, negative
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| definition 2: |
to show (someone) to be mistaken.
- synonyms:
- confute, disprove, rebut
- similar words:
- confound, contradict, deny, discredit, dispute, expose
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| related words: |
contest, controvert, object |
| derivations: |
refutable (adj.), refutably (adv.), refutability (n.) |
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