as in to undeceive
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
let me disabuse you of your foolish notions
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Recent Examples of disabuse
But her first few studies quickly disabused her of this notion.
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science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
The Menendez Brothers completely disabuses the viewer of that notion.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Working as a journalist, with occasional glimpses into life on the road, in the studio, or backstage, has done little to disabuse me of my fascination.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Israeli officials are doing little to disabuse the sense that war will continue.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
The Menendez Brothers completely disabuses the viewer of that notion.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Working as a journalist, with occasional glimpses into life on the road, in the studio, or backstage, has done little to disabuse me of my fascination.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Israeli officials are doing little to disabuse the sense that war will continue.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for disabuse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabuse
Verb
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Increasingly disillusioned with the organization, Cox began to plot his escape.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Founded in 1966 by a Southern Californian Black Power activist named Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa was meant to be the bedrock of a new cultural nationalism that appealed to Black people increasingly disillusioned by the post-Civil Rights Movement world.—
Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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The guide advises passengers to be considerate of those around them, particularly on longer journeys where prolonged exposure to smells or sounds can cause discomfort.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Candle Media has hired Raine Group to advise on a possible sale of social publisher ATTN:, two sources confirmed to Axios.—
Tim Baysinger,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Unlike past adaptations, this series tells the story from Watson’s perspective.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Eternals star recalled of Bertrand, who died in 2007 at age 56, telling her the story of watching Voight attend the starry event on television.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Despite the new investments and programming on the public side, some regulars are disenchanted by the developments at PowMow, primarily because of the privatization of two of the formerly public lifts and the increase in pass prices.—
Elycia Rubin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The ballet tries to capture that biography through movement, starting with a chapter in which Casanova actually entered religious life but left after being disenchanted — and, as the story goes, seduced into a life of debauchery.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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