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DISPROVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prove to be false

Example:

The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories

Synonyms:

confute; disprove

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "disprove" is one way to...):

contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disprove"):

explode (show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete)

controvert; rebut; refute (prove to be false or incorrect)

falsify (prove false)

Sentence frames:

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Something ----s something
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Antonym:

prove (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment)

Derivation:

disprover (a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument)

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