as in refutes
to prove to be false
theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience
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That statement alone refutes claims that IHRA is meant to silence debate.—
David Moore, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
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This definitive non-detection directly contradicts earlier hints and fully refutes claims from experiments such as Neutrino-4, which reported positive evidence for such a signal.—
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“Confutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confutes. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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