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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abjure, assert the contrary, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, break, confound, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deflate, demolish, deny, destroy, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, discredit, disown, dispute, evert, explode, expose, forswear, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, overthrow, overturn, prove the contrary, puncture, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, shoot, show up, take back, take issue with, traverse, undercut
Dictionary Results for disprove:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disprove
    v 1: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues'
         theories" [syn: disprove, confute] [ant: demonstrate,
         establish, prove, shew, show]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Disproving.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF.
   desprover.]
   1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
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            That false supposition I advanced in order to
            disprove it.                          --Atterbury.
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   2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling.
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