confute
Word family adjectiveconfutableconfutativenounconfutationconfutementverbconfute
con·fute /kənˈfjuːt/ verb [transitiveT] formal PROVEto prove that a person or an argument is completely wrong 驳倒,完全否定n Galileo was able to
confute the argument that the Sun moved around the Earth.
n He held a press conference to
confute accusations that he had supported the riots.
n The evidence, however,
confutes these claims.
n The government announced that their critics had been confuted.