disabuse
Example Sentences
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But two developments last week should quickly disabuse you of that notion.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
The President may have to disabuse them of that impression.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
We have to disabuse ourselves of that idea.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
“Moonshine,” a Canadian dramedy available on the CW’s website, has enough dysfunction and wild behavior to largely disabuse one of this dream … but enough Canadian charm that it still holds a certain appeal.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
“Do nothing to disabuse the public of this notion.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing disabuse
Power Prefix: dis-
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Grade 12, List 5
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