The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.
Source: tatoeba (1973)
Refute
//ɹɪˈfjuːt//
Synonyms for "refute" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
forsweargainsayimpugnjoin issue uponmaintainmake a pleamake a rebuttalnonplusnot acceptnot admitnullifyopposeoverthrowoverturnoverwhelmparryplead forput to silencerebutrecant
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reduce to silencerefuse to admitrejoinrenouncereplyrepudiaterespondretractrevokeripostesay in defensesettleshut upsilencesmash all oppositionspeak forspeak up forsquashsquelchstand up forstick up forsubvertsupportsurrebutsurrejoinsustaintake backtake issue withundermineupholdupseturge reasons forvindicate
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13 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εὐθύνω verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Arabic
4 entries- أَدْحَضَ verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- دَحَضَ verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- فَنَّدَ verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- كَذَّبَ verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Armenian
2 entries- հերքել verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- հերքել verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təkzib etmək verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Bulgarian
2 entries- опровергавам verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- отхвърлям verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Catalan
1 entries- refutar verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反駁 /反驳 verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Czech
3 entries- popřít verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- vyvrátit verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- zavrhnout verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Dutch
3 entries- refuteren verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- weerleggen verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- weigeren verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Esperanto
2 entries- nei verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- refuti verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Finnish
3 entries- kieltää verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- kiistää verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- osoittaa vääräksi verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
French
4 entries- chicaner verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- contester verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- rejeter verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- récuser verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
German
4 entries- anfechten verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- entkräften verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- widerlegen verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- widersprechen verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Greek
3 entries- ανασκευάζω verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- αντικρούω verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- διαψεύδω verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Hebrew
1 entries- הִפְרִיךְ verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Hindi
1 entries- दूषण verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Hungarian
2 entries- cáfol verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- tagad verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Italian
2 entries- smentire verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- smentire verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Japanese
4 entries- 反証する verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- 反駁する verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- 反駁する verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- 言い返す verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Latin
3 entries- redarguō verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- refellō verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- refūtō verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Malayalam
2 entries- ദൂഷണം verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- നിരാകരിക്കൽ verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Māori
2 entries- whawhati verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- whākorekore verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ukadhibisha verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
North Frisian
1 entries- weđerlii verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Norwegian
1 entries- motbevise verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Portuguese
3 entries- desmentir verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- negar verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- refutar verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Romanian
1 entries- refuta verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Russian
3 entries- опрове́ргнуть verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- опроверга́ть verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- отрица́ть verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Sanskrit
1 entries- दूषण verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- wierlääse verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- opovrgávati verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- opòvrgnuti verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- опо̀вргнути verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- оповрга́вати verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Slovene
1 entries- ovreči verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Spanish
4 entries- impugnar verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- negar la mayor verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- negar rehusar verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- rebatir verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Swedish
2 entries- motbevisa verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- vederlägga verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Turkish
4 entries- aksini ispatlamak verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- delilleri çürütmek verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
- karşı çıkmak verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
- reddetmek verb (to deny the truth or correctness of (something))
Vietnamese
1 entries- bác bỏ verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wjerlizze verb (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The scientific truth of evolution is so overwhelmingly established, that it is virtually impossible to refute.
Source: tatoeba (329321)
I don't want to refute this outworn idea.
Source: tatoeba (2654430)
The ideologist of nuclear devastation Bertran Rassel promises to refute (once again) materialsm with his newest ideas about the language structure.
Source: tatoeba (2931699)
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