Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (18701938). Rogets International Thesaurus.
1922. Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas Section IV. Reasoning Processes
CONFUTATION, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof,
conviction, redargution, invalidation; exposure, exposition,
exposé [F.], clincher [colloq.], retort, reductio ad absurdum
[L.]; knock-down -; tu quoque- argument; sockdolager [slang, U.
S.]. CONFUTE, refute; parry, negative, disprove, redargue,
expose, show up, show the fallacy of, rebut, defeat; demolish
(destroy) [See Destruction]; overthrow, overturn; scatter to the
winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put -, reduce- to silence;
clinch -an argument, - a question; give one a setdown [colloq.],
stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip, have the better
of; confound [archaic], convince. not leave a leg to stand on,
cut the ground from under ones feet; smash all opposition; knock
the bottom out of an argument [colloq.]. BE CONFUTED &c.; fail;
expose -, show- o