verb
- to free someone from a false belief or misconception
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘disabuse’
Examples
- The teacher disabuses her students of the notion that all snakes are poisonous.
- He quickly disabuses anyone who thinks the job will be easy.
- The documentary disabuses viewers of common myths about sharks.
- She disabuses him of his romantic illusions about city life.
- The coach disabuses the team of their overconfidence before the championship.
- The article disabuses readers of misconceptions about mental health.