disprove

[US]/ˌdɪsˈpruːv/
[UK]/ˌdɪsˈpruːv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. pabulaan, patunayan na mali.
Word Forms
Third Person Singulardisproves
Present Participledisproving
Past Tensedisproved
Past Participledisproved

Example Sentences

I defy anyone to disprove the defendant’s statements.

Hinahamon ko ang kahit sino na pabulaanan ang mga pahayag ng nasasakdal.

This discovery disproved the idea that the world was flat.

Pinabulaanan ng pagtuklas na ito ang ideya na ang mundo ay patag.

This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.

Pinasisira nito ang teorya na ang mga bata ay lubos na nagmimita.

he has given the Department of Transport two months to disprove the allegation.

Binigyan niya ang Kagawaran ng Transportasyon ng dalawang buwan upang pabulaanan ang alegasyon.

there was little evidence to substantiate the gossip and, by the same token, there was little to disprove it.

Konti lamang ang ebidensya upang patunayan ang tsismis at, sa parehong token, konti lamang ang upang pabulaanan ito.

They accepted what he had said in default of any evidence to disprove it.

Tinanggap nila ang sinabi niya dahil walang ebidensya upang pabulaanan ito.

Real-world Examples

Still the clearest " sighting" caught on camera, it's never been disproved.

Hanggang ngayon, ang pinakamalinaw na "nakita" na nakuha sa kamera, hindi pa rin napapatunayang mali.

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

You can't use scientific arguments to either disprove or prove God.

Hindi mo maaaring gamitin ang mga argumento ng agham upang pabulaanan o patunayan ang Diyos.

Source: PBS Health Interview Series

But advances in statistics and brain imaging have disproved the whole-language method.

Ngunit ang mga pag-unlad sa estadistika at pag-scan ng utak ay napabulaanan na ang buong-wika na pamamaraan.

Source: Past exam papers for the English CET-6 reading section.

However, a theory has recently appeared that could fully disprove the existence of the anti universe.

Gayunpaman, kamakailan lamang ay lumitaw ang isang teorya na maaaring lubos na mapabulaanan ang pag-iral ng anti-uniberso.

Source: Mysteries of the Universe

The autism link has been repeatedly disproved, says vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez whose daughter has autism.

Ang koneksyon sa autism ay paulit-ulit na napabulaanan, sabi ni vaccine researcher na si Dr. Peter Hotez na ang kanyang anak ay may autism.

Source: VOA Standard English - Health

To destroy them, and disprove them, if you can.

Upang wasakin sila, at mapabulaanan sila, kung kaya mo.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

The, uh, exception that disproves the rule?

Ang, uh, eksepsiyon na nagpapabula sa tuntunin?

Source: Go blank axis version

There are no studies that disprove it either.

Walang mga pag-aaral na nagpapabula sa ito.

Source: Little Jiung Tonight Show last week

But Fiorillo says this new discovery disproves that idea.

Ngunit sinabi ni Fiorillo na pinabulaanan ng bagong tuklas na ito ang ideyang iyon.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American August 2021 Collection

I I did. It's all outdated or disproved.

Oo, ginawa ko. Lahat ito ay lipas na o napabulaanan.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

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