disprove
11disprove — verb Disprove is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑claim, ↑existence, ↑myth, ↑theory, ↑thesis …
12disprove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. refute, confute, explode, defeat. See negation, confutation. Ant., prove, demonstrate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prove false, discredit, controvert, refute, confute, rebut, throw out, set aside, find …
13disprove — dis|prove [ dıs pruv ] verb transitive to prove that something is not correct or true: Until now no one had been able to disprove the theory …
14disprove — verb Wesley s version of the story should be easy to disprove Syn: refute, prove false, falsify, debunk, negate, invalidate, contradict, confound, controvert, discredit; informal poke holes in, blow out of the water, shoot down; formal confute …
15disprove — /dɪsˈpruv / (say dis proohv) verb (t) (disproved, disproving) to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate. {Middle English disprove(n), from Old French desprover, from des dis 1 + prover prove} –disprovable,… …
16disprove — disprovable, adj. disprover, n. /dis proohv /, v.t., disproved, disproving. to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim. [1350 1400; ME < AF, OF desprover, equiv. to des DIS 1 + prover to… …
17disprove — verb /dɪsˈpɹuːv/ To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. Ant: prove …
18disprove — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
19disprove — dis|prove [dısˈpru:v] v [T] to show that something is wrong or not true ≠ ↑prove ▪ These figures disproved Smith s argument. >disproof [ ˈpru:f] n [U and C] formal …
20disprove — dis·prove || ‚dɪs pruËv v. refute, invalidate, discredit …
