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disabuse

to persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken

In a sentence

Six example sentences with disabuse, each labelled with its topic.

  • One week on the ward disabused her of the notion that memory works like a recording you can simply play back.

    Psychology

  • The eclipse measurements of 1919 disabused a generation of the comfortable assumption that light travels in perfectly straight lines.

    Science

  • Two hours with the loan papers disabused him of the idea that the introductory rate would last past the first year.

    Finance

  • Two weeks of practice against the varsity disabused him of the idea that he was ready for the league.

    Basketball

  • The first customer interview disabused the founders of the notion that anyone wanted a second dashboard.

    Startups

  • One monsoon week in Mumbai disabused her of the belief that every rain is a passing shower.

    Travel

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