"refutes" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a verb that means to prove something is incorrect or false. For example, you could write: "The scientist refutes the claim that humans can influence the weather with their actions."
In addition to refutations of 12 of the cosmogonic views (more of which he refutes in other works), Saadya provides us in the Amânât with proofs for the creation of the world ex nihilo by God.
The WHO's recent report on electronic nicotine delivery systems, sold as "e-cigarettes", refutes health and safety claims that are made for these products and alerts countries to the risks that tobacco companies may bypass advertising restrictions on conventional cigarettes and renormalise smoking.
Rumiana Bachvarova, a GERB candidate who once headed Borisov's office, refutes widespread accusations that the party has few policies, being largely a vehicle for its leader's ambitions, and that it will also struggle to break away from Moscow.
We are standing by our story 100%." Eva Neitzert, the deputy chief executive of the Fawcett Society, said the charity had seen evidence which "categorically refutes" the assertion that the T-shirts were made in a sweatshop.
On the contrary, a BBC investigation of the start of hostilities in August, aired in late October, suggests that Georgian armed forces may have deliberately targeted civilians in Tskhinvali.Mr Saakashvili strongly refutes this, but a reassessment may be underway in Western capitals of his role in the events leading up to the war.
Much depends on how effectively she refutes them.
The level of concentration in many vital industries has fallen dramatically since 1950 and remained roughly constant since 1980 60 years agoo two car companies accounted for half of the world's car production, compared with six companies today.He also refutes the idea that globalisation means homogenisation.
Turkey refutes this saying the majority died of illness and hunger during forced deportations to the Syrian desert.
"Diary of the Dead" effortlessly refutes its own diatribes against digital technology, which has permitted this unrepentant maverick to make his best film yet.
And Anna Soubry, the local MP, is the sort of liberal-minded, upbeat type who refutes voters' negative perceptions of her party.
Most hedge-funders are believed to be mere lucky attendees at the casino a view which Mr Mallaby convincingly refutes.
