disprove
to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
Origin of disprove
1Other words for disprove
Other words from disprove
- dis·prov·a·ble, adjective
- dis·prov·er, noun
- un·dis·prov·a·ble, adjective
- un·dis·proved, adjective
Words that may be confused with disprove
- 1. disapprove, disprove
- 2. deny, disprove , rebut, refute
Words Nearby disprove
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How to use disprove in a sentence
He added he has more than two years of recordings of past conversations that disprove the accusations.
North Dakota’s House expelled a member for the first time. Women accused him of ‘disturbing’ harassment. | Andrea Salcedo, Tim Elfrink | March 5, 2021 | Washington PostThat doesn’t necessarily confirm or disprove anybody’s timeline, but it suggests Irving was pursing these options even before he said Sund made the request.
More than one participant says without providing evidence that “Antifa” infiltrated the protest and was responsible for the violence, a claim disproved by many other videos, as well as the subsequent arrests.
Why We Published More Than 500 Videos Taken by Parler Users of the Capitol Riot | by Scott Klein and Jeff Kao | January 17, 2021 | ProPublicaThe once-popular notion that the NFL lacks a pipeline of minority coaching candidates has been disproved.
The NFL has tried to address its minority hiring problem. Will this year be different? | Adam Kilgore | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostA few weeks earlier, in Germany, a woman’s death became the first fatality initially attributed to a ransomware attack, although the link was later disproved.
Hospitals fighting COVID face another challenge: Hackers | Verne Kopytoff | December 5, 2020 | Fortune
The great confusion comes, according to Sánchez, when people try to use science to prove or disprove the existence of God.
Vatican Science on Christmas and Creationism | Christopher Dickey | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCarreño declared, defying Capriles to disprove allegations that he was involved in “immoral acts,” which is Chavista code for gay.
But it's a basic rule of politics: If you can't disprove the message, you try to discredit the messenger.
You Still Can't Wish Away the Facts on Immigration Amnesty | David Frum | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCan we commission a poll to confirm or disprove that thesis?
The second point, also difficult to disprove, seems irrelevant to the job of polemicist.
The Dangers of Trusting Wikipedia With Your Life | Michael Moynihan | April 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo make the Resurrection "independent of miracles" is to disprove the Resurrection, which is a miracle or nothing.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordCan any of your correspondents account for it on philosophical principles, or disprove it experimentally?
Infidels have utterly failed in their attempts to disprove one of the hundreds of such statements in the New Testament.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardBut recent discoveries have brought to light many important examples which completely disprove his depreciatory estimate.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThat effect would prove neither the reality of the vision nor the supernatural quality of the cure; nor would it disprove either.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
British Dictionary definitions for disprove
/ (dɪsˈpruːv) /
(tr) to show (an assertion, claim, etc) to be incorrect
Derived forms of disprove
- disprovable, adjective
- disproval, noun
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