1. Verb
To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.
2. Verb
To disprove a claim.
To show through evidence or reasoning that a claim or argument is false or invalid. Stronger than dispute, question or challenge; use only when disproof is justified.
“The experiment did not refute the theory, but it weakened one prediction.”
Stronger than dispute, question or challenge; use only when disproof is justified
3. Verb
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
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