CONFUTE
(verb) prove to be false
"The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
synonyms : disprove
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Mnemonics for confute
(Tag: English, word break up) CONFirm untUTh or prove to be false
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(Tag: ) CONFUTE=REFUTE....CONFUSE....when you confuse a person by your arguments and he has nothing to say after that, you prove the person to be wrong....
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(Tag: Synonym sounding similar) Sounds similar to 'refute' which again means 'prove to be false'
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(Tag: ) CONFUSE- i am confused so it may be wrong
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(Tag: hindi) confute= con(who)+ fute(eliminate),who is going to eliminate from the competion.
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