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- pronunciation:
- rih
fyut
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
refutes, refuting, refuted |
| definition 1: |
to demonstrate the falseness or error of; disprove.
She refuted his argument with some well-documented evidence.- synonyms:
- confute, disprove, rebut
- antonyms:
- prove, verify
- similar words:
- belie, confound, contradict, debunk, discredit, dispute, invalidate, negate, negative
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| definition 2: |
to deny the truth of.
The senator refuted the allegations of wrongdoing that had been made about him.- synonyms:
- deny, repudiate
- similar words:
- contradict, dispute
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| related words: |
contest, controvert, object |
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| derivations: |
refutable (adj.), refutably (adv.), refutability (n.), refutation (n.) |
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