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What is another word for shown to be false?

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Verb
Past participle for to disprove or refute
negatived
disproved
disproven
proved to be false
given the lie to
belied
invalidated
called into question
disaffirmed
disallowed
disavowed
disclaimed
disconfirmed
disowned
refuted
repudiated
rebutted
discredited
exploded
contradicted
denied
negated
controverted
debunked
confuted
shot down
shot full of holes
shot down in flames
blown out of the water
proven false
confounded
falsified
driven a coach and horses through
demolished
exposed
quashed
knocked the bottom out of
set aside
challenged
broken
overthrown
contravened
blown sky-high
proven wrong
made a nonsense of
blown sky high
countered
opposed
weakened
silenced
debated
squelched
busted
overturned
shut up
proved to be wrong
put up argument
put down
shown to be wrong
run counter to
torn down
undermined
compromised
disagreed
deceived
counterbalanced
oppugned
proved unsound
subverted
defeated
vanquished
brought to naught
conflicted with
argued
contested
disputed
impugned
examined
queried
addrest
addressed
mooted
rejected
questioned
traversed
altercated
canvassed
bandied
answered
canvased
contended
wrangled
crushed
thrown out
blown up
shot holes in
knocked bottom out of
poked holes in
knocked props out
found unfounded
quibbled about
showed up
picked an argument with
quibbled over
hammered away at
agitated against
given thumbs down to
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
objected to
taken issue with
differed with
taken a stand against
had an argument about
gainsaid
showed to be false
proved false
gave the lie to
blew out of the water
drove a coach and horses through
rendered meaningless
blew sky-high
proved wrong
cast doubt on
nullified
disbelieved
broke
brake
punctured
deflated
destroyed
discounted
overthrew
put paid to
rebuffed
cut down to size
doubted
disacknowledged
declared untrue
dissented from
put an end to
raised doubts about
not bought
put under suspicion
set straight
blew sky high
ridiculed
discarded
crossed
squashed
proved impossible
picked holes in
annihilated
retracted
recanted
backpedalledUK
backpedaledUS
withsaid
spurned
unmasked
uncovered
took back
taken back
blew up
threw out
nailed
pooh-poohed
tore down
poked full of holes
caught out
showed to be wrong
undone
undid
argued against
showed in its true light
shown in its true light
gone against
went against
ran counter to
done for
did for
took exception to
taken exception to
took issue with
took a stand against
gave thumbs down to
thrown light on
threw light on
gave lie to
given lie to
“And until that belief can be shown to be false and ungrounded, the Berkeleian idealism is without support.”
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