Disprove: alternatives and connections

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

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To make false; to represent falsely.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to…

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The act or process of confuting; refutation.

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The act or process of confuting; refutation.

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The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

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The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

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Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.

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Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.

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To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

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