How to use "refute" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "refute" in popular movie and book plots

They betray Pete, Mark, and Fred, by stealing the aircraft and flying back without them, so there would be no one to refute their "discovery" of the Imas. - Natura contro
This would finally refute the still popular myth of King Arthur's messianic return. - The Bones of Avalon
To refute this claim, Andy hires both Pete's ex-girlfriend Alice (Collette Wolfe) and Erin's ex-boyfriend Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods). - Moving On (The Office)
He is told that certain geological complications would leave the company no other choice but he can refute these allegations as a pretext to save money even at the costs of lives. - Apache Gold
Now finding himself hounded by reporters and hustlers trying to sell their stuff, Steve is at first outraged at Tony and tries to refute the story, but the press does not believe him. - Love Is News
In an attempt to refute this, Stewie builds a machine to increase his evil, but it creates a truly evil clone of himself instead. - The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair
who now cannot refute it. - Why Be Good?
He falsely stated on his visa application that his father's name was William Headley and that his own name at birth was "Headley", a claim that was difficult to refute since theS. - David Headley
Howard receives Bob at the house graciously, but Victor is resentful, suspecting that the archeologist intends to refute their work. - Terror from the Year 5000
Eventually, the gang pulls out the Intervention banner, causing Marshall to pull out a chart to refute their claims of sagging interest in the charts. - Right Place, Right Time (How I Met Your Mother)
Some cynics continue to refute this, remembering the year 1000, in which humanity also anticipated the world's end. - The Star (Wells short story)
Collin gives back the authentic letter to the Grand Duke which allows him to refute the accusation. - The Grand Duke's Finances
Should Sceledrus make accusations, then Palaestrio will just refute the claim, and say it’s her twin. - Miles Gloriosus (play)
He hopes to save the honor of the brave pilots of the space-liner Arcturus, and refute the implications of imprecision made by desk-jockeys in the Check Stations - "imprecision" being the nastiest insult one could cast at a ship's pilot. - Spacehounds of IPC
Pak Belalang tries to refute the demand and reminds them that the original agreement consisted of only three questions but he is then persuaded by Sultan Shahrul Nizam to do it. - Nujum Pa' Belalang
Natalie desperately tries to refute all of Ludlow's wild accusations, but her efforts are futile. - Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants
Woodcock and various crowd members refute Farley's points, and Woodcock then challenges Farley to a fight. - Mr. Woodcock
" Her temper rising, she attempts to refute him, however is told "You're wasting my time". - The Alien Sea
That night, in his office, Wolfe gathers the suspects and reveals what he has learned, pressuring Webster Kane to refute his previous confession. - The Second Confession
Phreak has manipulated police records so that there is a phony arrest warrant on Walter, but the friends he met in Killobyte show up and refute the charges. - Killobyte
In the course of his biography also reviews Sebastian's books (see below) and attempts to refute the views of the "misleading" biography by Knight's former secretary mr Goodman, The Tragedy of Sebastian Knight. - The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Foley made an effort to pointedly refute claims made by detractors, citing statistical data and other evidence he compiled himself. - Foley Is Good
Upon seeing the painting, Yvan experiences an ambivalent reaction, with Serge suggesting that Marc's uptight nature hampers any modern appreciation and denies him a sense of humor, to which Yvan doesn't refute due to the previous conversation. - Art (play)
Ivanov is disgusted but cannot refute Gletkin's reasoning. - Darkness at Noon
Jane had been too drunk to know what had happened and could not refute the accusations. - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel)

Example sentences for "refute" in interesting articles

People can be made more rational, I think he would say, and I would say — by the act of what we’re doing now, that is, exploring implications of ideas; by science, that is, by taking your beliefs and allowing reality to refute them or not; and historically, even though it’s true that people do all kinds of crazy things, subject to all kinds of irrational prejudices, passions, and so on.On the other hand, some bad ideas get dropped by the wayside. - Steven Pinker on Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence
I’m just providing a little technical snippet to refute it. Obelix Sure, but for Win7 TPM in not mandatory, so you just diable the chip and voila’, we don’t care about W7 and TPM (which it *already* have, they don’t need a fixup)…The key is that W8 request the TPM chip to be active, while previous win version doesn’t force you to activate. - German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 Links The NSA
The skull has multiple lesions on the front and left side consistent with wounds from a blunt implement such as a club. (Marta Mirazon Lahr, enhanced by Fabio Lahr) But evidence to support or refute such theories has been thin on the ground. - An Ancient, Brutal Massacre May Be the Earliest Evidence of War
We can't refute possibility of imagination by prehistoric men but humans usually fancy such things," the archaeologist said. - 10,000-year-old rock paintings depicting aliens and UFOs found in India
Why would anyone care about any of this? It’s just adolescent nonsense.” In fact, when Roger Ebert famously declared in a long (and poorly researched) essay that video games can never be art, gaming’s intellectual champions could point to only two popular titles that might refute his claim. - The Most Dangerous Gamer
A lot of the Class A drugs [equivalent to Schedule I in the US] and psychedelic drugs in particular were at the opposite end of that scale showing very low risk of harm.Morin: Did the government refute the study or did they ignore it?Walsh: They basically ignored it. - Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights?
They can use a technique called geometric morphometrics to see how different features on the skulls have evolved over time.The two lines of evidence—DNA and bones—should either support or refute the double domestication idea. - A New Origin Story for Dogs
Why would anyone care about any of this? It’s just adolescent nonsense.” In fact, when Roger Ebert famously declared in a long (and poorly researched) essay that video games can never be art, gaming’s intellectual champions could point to only two popular titles that might refute his claim. - The Most Dangerous Gamer (Jonathan Blow)
[See the sidebar, “An Inside Job?” for a summary of the leading speculation; we can neither endorse nor refute the theories presented.] Just as we cannot now know for certain who was behind the Athens affair or what their motives were, we can only speculate about various approaches that the intruders may have followed to carry out their attack. - The Athens Affair – The most audacious cell-network break-in (2007)
Those capabilities were originally unimagined by their designers, and they firmly refute the old maxim that "form follows function." Indeed, the shuttles performed functions beyond the dreams of their builders. - What We Lose With the End of the Shuttle Program
But other analyses refute the claims of cheap wind electricity, and still others take into account the fact that photovoltaic installations require not just cells but also frames, inverters, batteries, and labor. - A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy
[See the sidebar, “An Inside Job?” for a summary of the leading speculation; we can neither endorse nor refute the theories presented.] Just as we cannot now know for certain who was behind the Athens affair or what their motives were, we can only speculate about various approaches that the intruders may have followed to carry out their attack. - The Athens Affair

Meaning of "refute" in English

prove to be false or incorrect
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

Meaning of "refute" in Hindi

खण्डन करना ( Khandan karana, khandan karanaa)
काटना ( Katana, kaatanaa)
झूठा वा असत्य ठहराना ( Jhutha va asaty thaharana, jhoothaa vaa asaty thaharanaa, zhutha wa asaty thaharana)
निराकरण करना ( Nirakaran karana, niraakaran karanaa)
झूठा करना ( Jhutha karana, jhoothaa karanaa, zhutha karana)
झूठा या असत्य ठहराना ( Jhutha ya asaty thaharana, jhoothaa yaa asaty thaharanaa, zhutha ya asaty thaharana)

Synonyms of "refute"

controvert
rebut

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