disabuse
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Soon enough, Paine’s words and Washington’s generalship would disabuse the nonchalant confidence of the British.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
We have to disabuse ourselves of that idea.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
His wife, he says, is happy to disabuse him of that notion.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
“This time of year traditionally has not been fire season but now, we disabuse any notion that there is a season, it’s year-round in the state of California,” he said on social media.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2025
Harry, Ron, and Hermione exchanged looks, but before they could disabuse Hagrid of this comfortable notion, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny appeared, all clutching heavy packages of books.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Power Prefix: dis-
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Grade 12, List 5
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