disabuse
Example Sentences
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But two developments last week should quickly disabuse you of that notion.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
The President may have to disabuse them of that impression.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
We have to disabuse ourselves of that idea.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
He added: “We’re taking a look at it. But I would disabuse you at this early hour of any connection to Ukraine.”
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
“Do nothing to disabuse the public of this notion.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing disabuse
Power Prefix: dis-
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Grade 12, List 5
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