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contradict

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To say the opposite of a statement or to be inconsistent with it.

The signed record appeared to contradict the account given at the meeting.

Dictionary practice example.

One bag's missing label could contradict the claim that every received container was labeled, without showing that all participants ignored instructions.

From Reading a Claim Precisely.

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