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