as in rebuttal
something (as an argument) that serves to disprove these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation

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Recent Examples of refutation The authors see this as a refutation of the hypothesis that megalodons relied on nursery areas to rear their young, since a baby megalodon would be quite capable of hunting and killing marine mammals based on size alone. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025 By this point, there’s no need to rehash its difficult production: What matters is what’s on the screen, a tale of how a wayward son (Al Pacino) discovers that his mild refutations of his family’s dark business are ultimately just talk. Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025 But not a refutation of the broader bull case just yet. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025 But The Dry Season is anything but a refutation of her earlier work. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for refutation
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Noun
  • This is only part of a rumor rebuttal, dismissing the Instagram theory.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The trial reached an explosive climax as Comey rested her rebuttal.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This is a closed system in which nothing can serve as disproof.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
  • The disproof of the telescope conjecture is like that.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023

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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refutation. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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