disprove

1. (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.Examples: "disprove a theory"; "disprove a hypothesis"; "“The commission is not set up to disprove or to prove President Trump’s claim, nor is it just looking at the 2016 election. We’re looking at all forms of election irregularities, voter fraud, voter registration fraud, voter intimidation, suppression, and looking at the vulnerabilities of the various elections we have in each of the 50 states,” Kobach told “New Day” co-host Chris Cuomo."transitive