as in to disabuse
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
promptly undeceived the young woman about the sincerity of the man's intentions
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Those who felt that part one would have been better suited to a television series will find little to disabuse them of that notion in this installment, which intercuts among its disparate characters and story strands even more rapidly.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2025 -
Doing so would disabuse Iranian officials of any notion that Biden officials’ past criticism of Trump’s maximum pressure approach means that sanctions will simply be permitted to weaken or lapse in the absence of a deal.—
Michael Singh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2021
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And at 47, Taylor appealed to voters disillusioned by career politicians who were looking for someone younger to steer their city in a new direction.—
Hannah Wiley,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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In Ukraine, many are becoming disillusioned with the Trump administration.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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By the time Moynihan’s second paper came out, many white liberals, distracted by the war in Vietnam and disenchanted by Black militancy, had given up on the crusade for civil rights.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Sylvester was already disenchanted with the growing inequality in the valley and the environmental cost of all the energy needed to power crypto, AI and data centers.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Undeceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeceive. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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