Translations for „disabuse“ in the English » German Dictionary

dis·abuse [ˌdɪsəˈbju:z] VB trans form

to disabuse sb of sth

jdn über etw acc eines Besseren belehren

to disabuse sb of sth

jdn von etw dat abbringen

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They were not easily disabused of this notion.

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It's an instinct that fellow party members will no doubt have tried to quickly disabuse them of.

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He was soon disabused of that notion by the interpreter.

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To make a long story short my dentist disabused me of the notion that dental pathologies are purely a function of dental hygiene and diet.

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The musical does not disabuse us of this idea.

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On many different occasions ecclesiastics who spoke with authority did their best to disabuse the people of their superstitious belief in witchcraft.

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He was soon disabused of the idea when his ship was scuttled.

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But it was enough to disabuse her of the notion that she -- or anyone else -- was too smart to get scammed.

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Foreign investors may also be disabused of their notions that reform process is a road to nirvana.

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I make those comments in the hope that it might disabuse notions that home detention is in some way shape or form a soft option.

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