disabuse
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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
“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
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing disabuse
Power Prefix: dis-
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Grade 12, List 5
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