Smoking gun
Smoking gun noun - Indisputable evidence (especially of a crime).
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Wrong and smoking gun are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead an adjective phrase "Smoking gun".
Wrong
Wrong adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Smoking gun and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Smoking gun" instead an adjective "Wrong".
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When the last clue is a Smoking Gun, making the previous ones redundant, it's Clue, Evidence, and a Smoking Gun; Conviction by Counterfactual Clue, where the logic is based on faulty deduction; and Right for the Wrong Reasons, where the logic is correct but the premises are mistaken.
Source: Bat Deduction
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Wrong and Smoking gun. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/smoking_gun/wrong
Smoking gun & Wrong. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/smoking_gun/wrong>.
Wrong or Smoking gun. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/smoking_gun/wrong.
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