Another word for refute
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Verb
To prove or show to be false
- To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case:
- To repel or reject:
- To present opposing evidence or arguments.
- To prove to be false, invalid, or in error; refute.
- To damage in reputation; disgrace:
- To cause to be doubted or distrusted:
- To refuse to believe:
- To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively.
- To confound.
- To give a false representation to; misrepresent:
- To show to be false; contradict:
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Another word for refute
Verb
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- To get rid of.
- To transfer to another's control.
- To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation.
- To declare to be false; deny.
- To oppose (someone), especially by contradiction:
- To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure:
- To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
- To put down with force; subdue:
- To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
- To find or prove (someone) guilty of an offense or crime, especially by the verdict of a court:
- To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn:
- To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.
- To deny or renounce any claim to or connection with; disown:
- To deny the validity of; repudiate:
- To decline to accept responsibility for; decline to make any warranty for.
- To consider something; deliberate.
- To engage in argument by discussing opposing points.
- To engage in a formal discussion or argument.
- To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle:
- To strive in competition, as in a race; vie:
- To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.
- To deflect or ward off (a fencing thrust, for example).
- To deflect, evade, or avoid:
- To deflect or ward off a thrust or blow.
- To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate:
- To be inconsistent with; be contrary to:
- To argue about; debate:
- To argue or debate with (someone).
- To question the truth or validity of; doubt:
- To make ineffective or invalid; nullify:
- To make negative:
- To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.
- To assert to be untrue, often by saying the opposite:
- To assert the opposite of a statement or idea put forward by (someone).
- To be contrary to; be inconsistent with:
- To reject the validity or authority of:
- To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust:
- To refuse to recognize or pay:
- To give a false representation to; misrepresent:
- To show to be false; contradict:
- (intransitive) To neutralize the effect of something.
- To annul or invalidate:
- To decide or announce that (a planned or scheduled event) will not take place, especially with no intention of holding it at a later time:
- To cross out with lines or other markings.
- To make invalid; nullify.
- To subdue forcibly:
- To inhibit or suppress:
- To crush by trampling.
- To tear down or break apart the structure of; raze.
- To do away with completely; put an end to:
- To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely.
- In communications, to free up a circuit that has been established for a particular session. When the session is completed, the circuit is "torn down" and the components and services involved are available for use by someone else.
- To be or act in contention or conflict with:
- To be hostile or resistant to; try to prevent:
- To set as an opposite in position:
- To damage in reputation; disgrace:
- To cause to be doubted or distrusted:
- To refuse to believe:
- To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of, especially by force or concerted action:
- To throw a ball or other object over and beyond (an intended target):
- To throw or push over; overturn:
- To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition:
- To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
- To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm:
- To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space:
- To burst violently as a result of internal pressure.
- To shatter with a loud noise:
- To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case:
- To repel or reject:
- To present opposing evidence or arguments.
- An identification procedure that takes place before a trial and at which a witness to or victim of a crime meets face to face with the suspect. It differs from a lineup in that it is a direct confrontation, one-on-one. An identification procedure that takes place before a trial and at which a witness to or victim of a crime meets face to face with the suspect. It differs from a lineup in that it is a direct confrontation, one-on-one.
- To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively.
- To confound.
- To prove to be false, invalid, or in error; refute.
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