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Verb disprove has 1 sense

• disprove(v = verb.cognition) confute - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
is one way to contradict, negate
Derived form noun disprover₁
Antonym: prove
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

disprove

abjure, assert the contrary, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, break, confound, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deflate, demolish, deny, destroy, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, discredit, disown, dispute, evert, explode, expose, forswear, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, overthrow, overturn, prove the contrary, puncture, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, shoot, show up, take back, take issue with, traverse, undercut

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disprove

Confutation

VB confute, refute, disprove, parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat, demolish, break, overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate, silence, put to silence, reduce to silence, clinch an argument, clinch a question, give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up, have, have on the hip, not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet, be confuted, fail, expose one's weak point, show one's weak point, counter evidence.

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