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Falsify

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Broader term 10

Belie 76% connected

To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Confute 76% connected

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

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Disprove 76% connected

To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

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Edit 76% connected

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to e…

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Misrepresent 76% connected

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

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Redact 76% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

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Reverse 76% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Manner of action 4

Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Mangle 76% connected

To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling man…

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Murder 76% connected

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

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Mutilate 76% connected

Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

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Derivationally related 16

Disproof 74% connected

A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.

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Disproof 74% connected

A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.

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Distortion 74% connected

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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Distortion 74% connected

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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Falseness 74% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Falseness 74% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Falsification 74% connected

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Falsification 74% connected

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Falsifier 74% connected

One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.

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Falsifier 74% connected

One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.

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Falsity 74% connected

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Falsity 74% connected

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Insertion 74% connected

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Insertion 74% connected

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Interpolation 74% connected

The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

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Interpolation 74% connected

The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

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Synonym 10

Alter 92% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Cook 92% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Distort 92% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fake 92% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Fudge 92% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Garble 92% connected

To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.

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Interpolate 92% connected

To renew; to carry on with intermission.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manipulate 92% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Misrepresent 92% connected

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Warp 92% connected

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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Antonym 2

Correct 94% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Correct 94% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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