refute

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈfjuːt/

verb

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01
verb
To prove that a statement or idea is wrong.
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verb
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To deny the truth or correctness of (something); to reject or disagree with an accusation.

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A spokesperson for VARS Technology said: “We completely refute the suggestion that our market-leading ANPR system is unreliable".

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A spokesperson for VARS Technology said: “We completely refute the suggestion that our market-leading ANPR system is unreliable".
2025 December 20, Taro Kaneko, “Family ‘banned from more than 1,000 petrol stations’ amid fuel theft row”, in The Guardian
After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus."
1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

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From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).