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disabuse

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8 lettersPronunciation /dɪsəˈbjuːz/Part of speech verbSorted abdeissuStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

Word origin

From dis- + abuse. Compare French désabuser.

Used in a sentence

  • I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.
  • If we had any hopes or illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were disabused of them quickly.
  • Mr. Katzenberg is now taking his commensurate lumps, particularly because contributors feel he helped disabuse donors’ concerns about Mr. Biden’s physical state.

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