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ontkrachten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disprove verb To show that a claim, theory, or belief is false.
  • eviscerate verb To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
  • invalidate verb To make invalid (especially in to contract law)

Senses

ontkrachten is used for these senses in English:

  • disprove (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
  • eviscerate (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
  • invalidate To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.

eviscerate — full definition

  1. verb To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
  2. verb To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
  3. verb To elicit the essence of.
  4. verb To remove a bodily organ or its contents.

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