falsify
verb
1 she falsified the accounts:
forge, fake, counterfeit, fabricate, invent, alter, change, doctor, tamper with, fudge, manipulate, massage, adulterate, pervert, corrupt, debase, misrepresent, misreport, distort, warp, embellish, embroider, color, put a spin on;
rare vitiate.
2 the theory is falsified by the evidence:
disprove, show to be false, prove unsound, refute, rebut, deny, debunk, negate, invalidate, contradict, confound, be at odds with, demolish, discredit;
informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames), blow sky-high, blow out of the water;
formal confute, gainsay;
rare controvert, negative.