Confound and Refute

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Confound verb - To prove to be false.

Usage example: new discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization

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Refute is a synonym for confound in disprove topic. In some cases you can use "Refute" instead a verb "Confound".

Nearby Words: confounding, confoundedly

Refute verb - To prove to be false.

Usage example: the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis

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Confound is a synonym for refute. Sometimes you can use "Confound" instead a verb "Refute".

Nearby Words: refutation, refutable, refuting

belief	confound belief	refute belief
people	confound people	refute people

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