Confute synonyms

kən-fyo͝ot'

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disprove
To prove to be false or in error; refute; confute
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defeat
To nullify; to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
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overwhelm
(Obs.) To overthrow or overturn
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overcome
To overcome is to prevail in spite of adversity, to successfully solve a problem or defeat an opponent, or to be consumed with something.
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silence
To make (someone or something) silent.
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expose
To allow to be seen; disclose; reveal; exhibit; display
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bring to naught
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rebut
Rebut is defined as to contradict or oppose.
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controvert
(Intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.
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parry
To make a parry or evasion
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vanquish
To defeat in any conflict, as in argument
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demolish
To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely.
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invalidate
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
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answer conclusively
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overturn
To cause to fall over; knock or topple over:
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prove to be wrong
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set-aside
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
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overcome in debate
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upset
To cause to overturn; knock or tip over:
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subvert
To cause to serve a purpose other than the original or established one; commandeer or redirect:
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quash
To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
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oppugn
To oppose with argument; criticize adversely; call in question
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contradict
To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
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argue down
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get-the-better-of
(Idiomatic) To trick or con.
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clinch an argument
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discredit
To reject as untrue; disbelieve
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show up
(Idiomatic) To outperform or one-up, often in an arrogant manner.
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shut up
To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
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not leave a leg to stand on
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cut the ground from under one's feet
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put down
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prove (antonym)
(Copulative) To turn out to be.
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verify (antonym)
To verify is to confirm the accuracy or truth of something.
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confirm. See syn. study at disprove.disprove (antonym)
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deny (related)
To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
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oppose (related)
To oppose is to disapprove of or be against something.
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refute (related)
To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
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confound
To make (something bad) worse:
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counter
To say or do (something) in reply, defense, or retaliation
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attest (antonym)
To certify by signature or oath
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affirm (antonym)
To say positively; declare firmly; assert to be true
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confirm (antonym)
To make firmer; strengthen:
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endorse (antonym)
To write one's signature on the back of (a check) to obtain the amount payable or to make the amount payable available to a third party or to the bearer.
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belie
To show to be false; contradict:
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surrebut
(Law) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
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propound (related)
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abjure (related)
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negate
Negate is defined as to deny, to prove false or to cause something to not be needed.
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Confute Sentence Examples

  • Both of these confessions were drawn up to confute the teaching of a remarkable man who had been patriarch of Constantinople, Cyril Lucar.

  • He was one of the disputants selected to confute the Romanists at the conference of Westminster after Easter 1J59; he was select preacher at St Paul's cross on the 15th of June; and in the autumn was engaged as one of the royal visitors of the western counties.

  • Schliemann was on several occasions in England, in 1883 to receive honours from the great universities, and in 1886 to confute, at a special gathering of the Hellenic Society, the assertion of Stillman and Penrose that the Tirynthian palace was posterior to the Christian era.

  • This was the eccentric Reginald Pecock of Chichester, who, while setting himself to confute Lollard controversialists, lapsed into heresy by setting reason above authority.

  • The Athanasian Creed is an instruction designed to confute heresies which were current in the 5th century.

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