disprove
verb
dis·prove
(ˌ)dis-ˈprüv 
disproved; disproven
(ˌ)dis-ˈprü-vən
also disproved; disproving; disproves
also disproved; disproving; disproves
: to prove to be false or wrong : refute
disprove a theory
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Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat.
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Loading 1923 Consolation Nobel While failing to disprove Einstein’s theory, Millikan has succeeded in making quantum measurements of unprecedented precision.
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Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
The Obama campaign has advocated against this belief and somewhat disproved it by winning the presidency in 2008 and 2012 by relatively large margins.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Last month, a trio of mathematicians announced a counterexample, disproving the conjecture.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Explorers subsequently disproved that judgment with a vengeance, and the world-is-flat theory was blasted to smithereens.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
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Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
The Obama campaign has advocated against this belief and somewhat disproved it by winning the presidency in 2008 and 2012 by relatively large margins.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Last month, a trio of mathematicians announced a counterexample, disproving the conjecture.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Explorers subsequently disproved that judgment with a vengeance, and the world-is-flat theory was blasted to smithereens.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
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disprove
verb
dis·prove
(ˈ)dis-ˈprüv
: to prove to be false
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