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confutingverb(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
disprovingverb(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
falsificationnounThe act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
falsifyingnounfalsification
addressedHaving been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
annulledcancelled or void
beliedverb(transitive) To give a false representation of.
challengedverb(euphemistic) Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
confoundedConfused, astonished.
contestverb(intransitive) To contend.
contestedControversial; contentious; debated.
contradictedverbDisputed; questioned.
debunkedverb(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
deniedverb(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
dismissedverbHaving been fired or let go; having had one's employment terminated.
disprovedverb(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
disputedArgued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
explodedHaving been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
objectedverb(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
overturnedhaving been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom

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