con·fute /kənˈfjuːt/ verb [transitiveT] formalPROVEto prove that a person or an argument is completely wrong 駁倒,完全否定nGalileo was able to confute the argument that the Sun moved around the Earth.
nHe held a press conference to confute accusations that he had supported the riots.
nThe evidence, however, confutes these claims.
nThe government announced that their critics had been confuted.