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Definitions of refute
  1. verb
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
    "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

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  2. verb
    prove to be false or incorrect

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Definition that contains refute
  • explode show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
  • questionable able to be refuted
  • impregnable incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
  • nicaea the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
  • refutable able to be refuted
  • straw man a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
  • inexpugnable incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
  • confutable able to be refuted
  • confutation evidence that refutes conclusively
  • refuter a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
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