Make and Refute

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Make

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
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Refute is an antonym for make in topics: estimate, designate, add up to, enact, arrive.
Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Refute

Refute verb - To declare not to be true.
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Synonyms for Refute
Antonyms for Refute
Make is an antonym for refute.
Nearby Words: refutation, refutable, refuting
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Common collocations

people make people refute people
kind make kind refute kind
point make point refute point
story make story refute story
Other words: statement.

Both words in one sentence

  • Eventually, Luthor did make the connection himself and didn't seem to refute it, sometime around 2000, for the record.
    Source: Idiot Ball / Comic Books
  • The leaps of logic you're expected to make are also much more difficult: the first game required you to find the correct piece of evidence to refute the testimony before you.
    Source: Sequel Difficulty Spike
  • Miyamoto even had to go out of his way to specifically refute such claims prior to the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns, a game which he had actually directly asked Retro Studios to make more like the original SNES games.
    Source: Never Live It Down / Video Games
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