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Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat.
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This was in fact, Walker shows, a watershed moment for Stalin, his regime and his still young and untested military, disproving the assumption that the Red Army was incapable of fighting a modern war.
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So readers should be skeptical of politicians who attribute one specific factor to turnout, and dig into the underlying studies that prove or disprove the claim.
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The author urges detailed investigation and proving or disproving of this rather horrifying possibility, so that it may be dismissed from mind—or defended against.
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Origin and Etymology of disprove
Middle English, from Anglo-French desprover, from des- dis- + prover to prove
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: to show that (something) is false or wrong
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: to show to be false or wrong Scientists disproved the theory.
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