disabuse
verb (used with object)
to free (a person) from deception or error.
disabused
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past participleof disabuse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disabuse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disabuseverb (used with object)to free (a person) from deception or error.
Example Sentences
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By half-time, though, England had thoroughly disabused Wales of that notion.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
His experience disabused him of doomerism, convincing him that AI risks could be contained with better security, which could prevent AI-enabled cyberattacks and misaligned agents from going wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
If he had hoped for that to be sufficient to shore up his authority he was to be swiftly disabused.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
They were swiftly disabused of that notion — but not before deeming her “goonbait.”
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
He’d ridden into their cities mounted on a spectral, after all, and most of them assumed he was from Weep—at least, until Thyon Nero disabused them of that notion.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
