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disproved
verb as in prove false
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
- blow sky high
- blow up
- disconfirm
- find unfounded
- knock bottom out of
- knock props out
- poke holes in
- set aside
- shoot holes in
- tear down
- throw out
Example Sentences
It had previously been thought that vaccinating children against chickenpox would cause a problematic rise in shingles, but a recent long-term study from the US disproved that theory.
“Their own fact-checking efforts disproved the accusation,” Smartmatic’s court filing said.
The story struck the FBI as asinine — agents just did not act that way — but could it be disproved?
He has already indicated that he plans to revive research tying vaccines to autism, though that connection consistently has been disproved.
In the end, inertia and clinging to the comfortable disproved conventional wisdom won’t save American democracy or the American people.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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