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to prove someone to be mistaken or a statement to be untrue in English:

1. refute refute


The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.
The scientific truth of evolution is so overwhelmingly established, that it is virtually impossible to refute.
to refute an argument/a theory

English word "to prove someone to be mistaken or a statement to be untrue"(refute) occurs in sets:

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