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An awkward brute to disprove (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rebut

'disprove' is the definition.
(I know that rebut is a type of disprove)

'an awkward brute' is the wordplay.
'an awkward' indicates anagramming the letters.
'brute' anagrammed gives 'REBUT'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rebut that I've seen before include "Claim or prove to be false" , "Brute can refute" , "Prove the claim wrong" , "Drive back" , "Overturn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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