the statements of the witnessess contradict each other: lời khai của các nhân chứng mâu thuẫn nhau
cãi lại, phủ nhận
to contradict a statement: phủ nhận lời tuyên bố
Concise Dictionary
contradicts|contradicted|contradicting‚kɒntrə'dɪkt verb +be in contradiction with +deny the truth of +be resistant to +prove negative; show to be false
The evidence yields nothing that contradicts my argument.
Advanced English Dictionary
+verb 1 to say that sth that sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true: [VN] All evening her husband contradicted everything she said. + You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before). [also V speech, VN speech] 2[VN] (of statements or pieces of evidence) to be so different from each other that one of them must be wrong: The two stories contradict each other. + This version of events was contradicted by eye-witness reports.
Collocation Dictionary verb
ADV.
clearly, completely, directly, flatly
John's account of the event directly contradicts Stephen's.
VERB + CONTRADICT
appear to, seem to
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