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con·found
k?n'found/
verb
3rd person present: confounds
1.
cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations.
"the inflation figure confounded economic analysts"
synonyms: amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, throw, shake, discompose, bewilder, bedazzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse; More
take aback, shake up, catch off balance;
informalflabbergast, blow someone's mind, blow away, flummox, faze, stump, beat, fox, discombobulate
"the figures confounded analysts"
prove (a theory, expectation, or prediction) wrong.
"the rise in prices confounded expectations"
synonyms: contradict, counter, invalidate, negate, go against, quash, explode, demolish, shoot down, destroy, disprove; More
informalpoke holes in
"he has always confounded expectations"
defeat (a plan, aim, or hope).
"we will confound these tactics by the pressure groups"
archaic
overthrow (an enemy).
2.
mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish.
"'nuke' is now a cooking technique, as microwave radiation is confounded with nuclear radiation"
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