Refute and Support

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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

Support is an antonym for refute in discredit topic.

Nearby Words: refutation, refutable, refuting

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Support verb – To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.

Usage example: we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them

Refute is an antonym for support.

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belief	refute belief	support belief
people	refute people	support people
claim	refute claim	support claim
story	refute story	support story
Other nouns: theory, existence, claims.

In softer settings you can probably invent any Applied Phlebotinum or Minovsky Physics needed to support or refute the plausibility of starfighters.

Source: Analysis / Space Fighter

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Support and Refute. (2016). Retrieved 2021, April 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/refute/support

Refute & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Apr. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/refute/support>.

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