disprove
verb (used with object)
to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.
are disproving
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present progressiveof disprove.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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New studies from states across the country are disproving these suppositions, Henry Grabar writes.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2018
In the process, they are disproving the Greek adage that "great men's sons seldom do well" and silencing the hoary sayings and snickers about the boss's son.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now that the terrible records of dyspepsia and paralysis are disproving this, we may hope for a reaction in favor of bodily exercises.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various
