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21refute — verb Refute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accusation, ↑allegation, ↑argument, ↑assertion, ↑charge, ↑claim, ↑interpretation, ↑sceptic, ↑theory, ↑view …
22refute — verb (T) formal 1 to prove that a statement or idea is not correct: an attempt to refute Moore s theories 2 to say that a statement is wrong or unfair: She refuted the allegations of malpractice. refutable adjective refutation / refjU teISFn/… …
23refute — re•fute [[t]rɪˈfyut[/t]] v. t. fut•ed, fut•ing 1) to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge 2) to prove (a person) to be in error • Etymology: 1505–15; < L refūtāre to check, suppress, refute, rebut =re re + fūtāre presumably …
24refute by argument — index countercharge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
25refute, deny — Like repudiate, refute is a stronger, more powerful word than deny. To deny is to claim that an opinion, statement, allegation, or charge is simply not true. To refute is to prove that whatever is stated or believed is false, erroneous, and… …
26refute, confute, rebut — McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …
27refute, confute, rebut — McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …
28refute, confute, rebut — McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …
29Réfuté — Réfutation La réfutation est un procédé logique consistant à prouver la fausseté ou l insuffisance d une proposition ou d un argument. Par extension, elle en vient à désigner un procédé de rhétorique consistant à nier une proposition sans pour… …
30refute — verb /rɪˈfjuːt,rəˈfjut/ a) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. b) To deny the truth or correctness of (something). Syn …
