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What is another word for proved to be false?

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Verb
Past tense for to disprove or refute
negatived
disproved
disproven
showed to be false
shown to be false
gave the lie to
given the lie to
belied
invalidated
called into question
disaffirmed
disallowed
disavowed
disclaimed
disconfirmed
disowned
refuted
repudiated
rebutted
discredited
exploded
contradicted
denied
negated
gainsaid
controverted
debunked
confuted
shot down
shot full of holes
shot down in flames
quashed
knocked the bottom out of
confounded
falsified
exposed
challenged
drove a coach and horses through
driven a coach and horses through
proven false
proved false
blew out of the water
blown out of the water
demolished
countered
opposed
contravened
silenced
debated
squelched
busted
shut up
proved to be wrong
made a nonsense of
put up argument
put down
set aside
proved wrong
proven wrong
argued
weakened
contested
undermined
compromised
broke
broken
brake
disputed
overthrew
overthrown
counterbalanced
disagreed
deceived
oppugned
examined
queried
addrest
addressed
mooted
rejected
questioned
overturned
altercated
canvassed
bandied
answered
subverted
defeated
vanquished
canvased
contended
wrangled
crushed
blown sky-high
blew sky-high
deflated
punctured
quibbled about
showed up
picked an argument with
quibbled over
hammered away at
brought to naught
conflicted with
agitated against
picked a bone
bandied words concerning
disagreed with
pettifogged
argued about
protested against
argued the pros and cons of
declared to be untrue
wondered about
contended over
dissented against
blown sky high
objected to
blew sky high
shown to be wrong
showed to be wrong
differed with
run counter to
had an argument about
rendered meaningless
ran counter to
showed in its true light
shown in its true light
took issue with
given thumbs down to
gave thumbs down to
argued against
taken issue with
tore down
took a stand against
taken a stand against
torn down
cast doubt on
nullified
declared untrue
dissented from
crossed
discounted
destroyed
impugned
rebuffed
put paid to
doubted
disbelieved
traversed
disacknowledged
cut down to size
found unfounded
put an end to
not bought
set straight
raised doubts about
poked holes in
put under suspicion
resisted
ridiculed
discarded
fought
withstood
squashed
annihilated
combatted
combated
naysaid
proved impossible
picked holes in
unmasked
uncovered
retracted
recanted
backpedalledUK
backpedaledUS
withsaid
spurned
took back
taken back
argued with
nailed
proved unsound
brushed aside
blew up
blown up
pooh-poohed
threw out
thrown out
shot holes in
knocked bottom out of
poked full of holes
caught out
knocked props out
foughten
undone
undid
flown in the face of
flew in the face of
gone against
went against
thrown light on
threw light on
took exception to
taken exception to
done for
did for
gave lie to
given lie to
“Three suspected cases of brucellosis were found among cattle from two B. C. farms but proved to be false alarms.”
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