invalidating

• Etwas ungültig oder unwirksam machend; die Bedeutung oder Gültigkeit von etwas untergrabend oder herabsetzend.

Causing something to be no longer valid or effective; undermining or discounting the importance or truth of something.

1. Establishing as invalid or untrueC1formal

   Serving to prove something is false, incorrect, or without legal force.

   Ungültig machend

   • The new evidence was invalidating for the original theory.
   • Her testimony had an invalidating effect on the prosecution's case.
   • The court issued an invalidating ruling against the contract.

   Synonymedebunking

   Antonymeconfirmingsubstantiatingsupportingvalidating

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas für ungültig, nichtig oder wirkungslos zu erklären, häufig in rechtlichem, technischem oder logischem Kontext.

A verb used to indicate the act of making something invalid, null, or void, often in a legal, technical, or logical context.

1. Make legally voidB2formal

   To make something officially null or no longer legally valid.

   Für nichtig erklären

   • The court invalidated the contract due to fraud.
   • A missing signature can invalidate the entire document.
   • The new law invalidates all previous agreements.

   Synonymeabrogateannulcancelnullifyquashrepealrescindrevokevoid

   Antonymeconfirmratifyvalidate

2. Disprove or refuteC1formal

   To prove that an argument, theory, or statement is false or incorrect.

   Widerlegen

   • The new evidence invalidates the earlier hypothesis.
   • His experiment invalidated the widely accepted theory.
   • The data invalidates the claim that the drug is safe.

   Synonymeconfutecontradictdebunkdiscreditdisprovenegateoverturnquashrebutrefute

   Antonymebackconfirmcorroborateprovesubstantiatesupportupholdvalidateverify