disprove (v)
confute (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 31
def prove to be false
examples The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Frame - 26 Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Outgoing links
Hypernym negate, contradict
Derivationally related form confute → confutative; confute → confuter
Derivationally related form confute → confutation; confute → confutation
Derivationally related form disprove → disprover
Antonym disprove → prove
Hyponym explode; refute, rebut, controvert; falsify
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Derivationally related form confutative → confute; confuter → confute
Derivationally related form confutation → confute; confutation → confute
Derivationally related form disprover → disprove
Antonym prove → disprove
Hypernym explode; refute, rebut, controvert; falsify
Hyponym negate, contradict

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