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refute::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rebut |
| Type of | repudiate, disown, renounce |
| Has types | controvert, answer, oppose, contradict |
| Derivation | refutation, refuter |
The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | controvert, rebut |
| Type of | disprove, confute |
| Derivation | refutation, refuter |
Examples of refute
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Chinese officials refute this charge by noting, correctly, that they have tanks.
From the washingtonpost.com
Replays indicated the ball hit Dye's bat, which the rightfielder did not refute.
From the jsonline.com
We lack evidence to refute a potential negative effect of vitamin C on survival.
From the sciencedaily.com
But there are numbers from myriad sources that refute every one of your numbers.
From the economist.com
You pretend to refute this claim, and then in the very next sentence confirm it.
From the economist.com
I do not think it's wrong to refute it by pro-China posters,the more the better.
From the economist.com
It seems that you are more inclined to refute points than make some of your own.
From the economist.com
Sometimes, however, big new ideas really do challenge, and refute, old verities.
From the scienceblogs.com
Bush did not match Hu's tough rhetoric, but said nothing to refute or modify it.
From the forbes.com
- Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
- Prove to be false or incorrect
- (refutation) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
- (refutation) disproof: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- (refutation) falsification: the act of determining that something is false
- In informal logic an objection (also called expostulation or refutation), is a reason arguing against a premise, lemma or main contention. An objection to an objection is known as a rebuttal.
- Mini-Cons are a human-sized race and faction of power-enhancing transforming robots in the universe and its sequels, one of the assorted universes in Transformers fiction. ...
- (refutation) An act of refuting or disproving; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; confutation; disproof; evidence of falseness; A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions
- (Refutation) A move or series of moves that demonstrates a flaw in a game, move, variation, analysis or plan.
