Refute - English meaning

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Usage examples:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Usage examples:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

verb

Prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong.

Usage examples:

Restorers who sought to confute this view were accused of ignorance

verb

To prove a person or an argument to be wrong

verb

Expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief).

Usage examples:

She debunks all the usual rubbish about acting

verb

To show that something is not true

Usage examples:

Every week some long-held medical theory is debunked.

verb

To show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been made to appear

Usage examples:

Debunk a myth the writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress.

verb

Pull or knock down (a building).

Usage examples:

The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb

To completely destroy buildings or other structures

Usage examples:

Most of the town was demolished by the tornado., they demolished the old school to build a new one.

verb

To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else

Usage examples:

A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.

verb

Harm the good reputation of.

Usage examples:

His remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him

noun

Loss or lack of reputation or respect.

Usage examples:

His actions were such that they brought discredit on his profession

verb

To give people reason to stop believing someone or to doubt the truth of something

Usage examples:

The old soviet economic model has been thoroughly discredited., it’s the job of the defense to disc…

verb

Prove that (something) is false.

Usage examples:

He has given the department of transport two months to disprove the allegation

verb

To prove that an idea, statement, etc. is not true

Usage examples:

Given the thoroughness of the author’s research, the burden rests on critics to disprove the facts …

verb

To prove that something is not true

Usage examples:

The allegations have been disproved.

verb

Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.

Usage examples:

An ammunition lorry exploded with a roar

verb

Burst and release energy as through a violent reaction

verb

To burst violently and usually with a loud noise, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] a bomb exploded nearby., [ t ] black holes are left behind by exploding stars called supernov…

idiom

To prove that something is not true

Usage examples:

The fact that the number of deaths from cancer in the area has doubled surely gives the lie to offi…

verb

Make or prove (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous.

Usage examples:

His second is that finding unpleasant - even horrible - application of a scientific theory or philo…

verb

To make something not true, or to make something unacceptable

Usage examples:

A few minor factual errors should not invalidate the theory.

verb

To officially stop a document, contract, etc. being legally or officially acceptable

Usage examples:

If you do not go to an approved garage, you are likely to invalidate a warranty on a new car., the …

verb

Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.

Usage examples:

He had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends