verb
- freed someone from a mistaken belief or illusion
Usage: past tense and past participle of ‘disabuse’
Examples
- The teacher disabused the students of their misconceptions about gravity.
- She was quickly disabused of the notion that college would be easy.
- The documentary disabused viewers of romantic ideas about war.
- He disabused his friend of the belief that success comes without effort.
- The harsh reality disabused them of their naive expectations.
- The coach disabused the team of their overconfidence after the loss.