had been disproving

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of disprove.
  disprove

  verb (used with object)

  to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.

Related Words

• belie
• confound
• contradict
• discredit
• impugn
• invalidate
• negate
• rebut
• refute