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refuter

Variant of refute

transitive verb refuted, refuting

to prove (a person) to be wrong; confute
to prove (an argument or statement) to be false or wrong, by argument or evidence
to deny the truth or validity of: usage objected to by some

Related Forms:

refutable adjective
refutably adverb
refuter noun

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