Definition of Confute

to prove something wrong

Examples of Confute in a sentence

Certain that she could find evidence, the young lawyer set out to confute the witness’s story against her client.  🔊

Although his testimony failed to confute the prosecutor’s claim, the defendant was offered a favorable plea deal.  🔊

The new mother believed that vaccines cause more harm than good, but all scientific data seems to confute this standpoint.  🔊

Hoping to confute her professor’s claim, the confident student looked for sources that would back her beliefs.  🔊

Though she could not confute the efficiency of the product, the customer felt that the newly purchased washing machine did not live up to its reputation.  🔊

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