Refute
To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.
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Refute Quotations
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Josh Billings
After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son.
Josh McDowell
As for the assertion that nuclear weapons prevent wars, how many more wars are needed to refute this arguments? Tens of millions have died in the many wars that have taken place since 1945.
Joseph Rotblat
In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.
Hypatia
Who can refute a sneer?
William Paley
Refute Translations
refute in Dutch is ontzenuwen, weerleggen
refute in German is widerlegen
refute in Italian is confutare
refute in Latin is reprehendo
refute in Spanish is refutar, confutar
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