controvert

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“I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. We have all been taught that there is no difference between time and any of the three dimensions of space —”

From Nature • Jun. 16, 2020

No. Do they offer evidence to controvert Sheeran’s confession or acknowledge that they have read the book for themselves, especially the Epilogue from 2005 and the Conclusion from 2016 that offer corroboration of Sheeran’s confessions?

From Slate • Aug. 16, 2019

There may not be another major leaguer whose actions so controvert long-established norms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2017

I was not able, for instance, to controvert some of the more specific arguments of Pat Buchanan.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2013

Thus even the Mádhyamika's opinion that "liberation consists in the abolition of soul," does not controvert our point, so far at any rate as that it is the abolition of pain.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava