confuteverb [ T ]
uk/kənˈfjuːt/us/kənˈfjuːt/formalto prove a person or an argument to be wrong
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Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- attest
- authenticate
- back sb up
- bear witness (to sth) idiom
- belie
- catch
- colour
- documentary
- evidence
- explode
- explosion
- give the lie to sth idiom
- proof
- stick
- testament
- the acid test
- the burden of proof idiom
- undocumented
- unsubstantiated
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Examples from literature
- How can the latter supposition be confuted?
- Neither anticipation was unreasonable, but the one was justified whilst the other was confuted by events.
- She considers in order the various claims to predominance which men have put forward, and confutes them one by one.
- The face which he puts upon it shall either confirm your suspicions or entirely confute them.
- There is no need to confute the theory, which confutes itself.