Disprove
Disprove verb - To prove to be false.
Usage example: Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat
Nearby Word: disproving
Evidence
Evidence verb - Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The 1996 film Loch Ness in which an American scientist trying to disprove the existence of the Monster, only to later disprove his own evidence when he accidentally finds it.
Source: Stock Ness Monster -
While there is no evidence to disprove this claim, there is also no conclusive evidence for it either.
Source: Useful Notes / Mars - She insists that she is a Big Bad no matter how much evidence is presented that would disprove it.
Source: Face Realization
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