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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refutation
Noun
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The estranged married couple — who’ve spent the past year making headlines over their pending split — delivered what felt like musical rebuttals from both sides of the divorce.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
20 June 2025
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Whistles and boos met Chelsea possessions and when Pedro Neto scored the opening goal for the Blues in the 13th minute, the cheers from the blue end of the field were overtaken by the screams of rebuttal from the Flamengo fans scattered around this massive stadium.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
Noun
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This is a closed system in which nothing can serve as disproof.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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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 30 Jun. 2025.
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