SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
disprove
verb
To establish through evidence or reasoning that something is false.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Show to be false
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Usage distinction
Return to topA rebuttal challenges a claim and may not fully disprove it; disprove requires a successful demonstration.
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See disprove in use
A single carefully checked counterexample can disprove a universal claim.
The class could find a demonstrable error in Daniel's first draft: it placed every notice at eye level, although the photographs showed otherwise. That evidence could disprove the claim about uniform placement without settling the separate question about color.
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