Disabuse

Nothing could disabuse them of that preposterous notion.

The behavior of Elon Musk should disabuse most people of the notion that the rich deserve their wealth.

Science would later disabuse us of the notion that the moon is made of green cheese — or is even green — but scientists aren't poets and perhaps that's why there doesn't seem to be the same enthusiasm for space exploration that there once was. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that, when asked to name the greatest U.S. accomplishment of the past 50 years, just 12 percent of Americans named sending men to the moon, down a third from 10 years ago.

I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.

If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.

If anyone thought the auction house was about art and not commerce, they should finally be disabused of that notion by the prospect of an international tour for a photo of Posh Spice fishing, captioned: “my brother cruz was the best but i didn’t catch anything – annoying but still fun”.

Mr. Katzenberg is now taking his commensurate lumps, particularly because contributors feel he helped disabuse donors’ concerns about Mr. Biden’s physical state.