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• v  be resistant to
• v  prove to be false or incorrect

• The journalist is trying to controvert a widely held belief that the Himalayan glaciers will disappear by 2035.
• Mr Young alleged that Stallone has controverted his hypothesis under pressure from his boss.
• A love story is a love story and no amount of contemporary psychology can controvert its inherent beauty.

• oppose
• contradict
• refute
• rebut