Confutation
Nouns
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confutation, refutation
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answer, complete answer
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disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation
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exposure, exposition
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clincher
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retort
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reductio ad absurdum
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knock down argument
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sockdolager [U.S.], correction etc. Conciseness.Existence
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dissuasion etc. Dissuasion.
Verbs
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confute, refute, disprove
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parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat
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demolish, break etc. (destroy) [Nonproduction.] Destruction
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overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate
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silence
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put to silence, reduce to silence
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clinch an argument, clinch a question
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give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up
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have, have on the hip. not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet. be confuted etc.
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fail
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expose one's weak point, show one's weak point. counter evidence etc. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence.
Phrases
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the argument falls to the ground, it does not hold water, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo" [Terence]
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his argument was demolished by new evidence.