had been refuting

• 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 refute.
  refute

  verb (used with object)

  to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.

Related Words

• contradict
• counter
• disprove
• expose
• oppose
• quash
• rebut
• repudiate
• squelch