smoking gun
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌsməʊ.kɪŋ ˈɡʌn/us/ˌsmoʊ.kɪŋ ˈɡʌn/informationthatproveswhocommittedacrime:
确凿的罪证Thetaperecordingsprovidedprosecutorswith thesmokingguntheyneededtoprovehe'd beeninvolvedin theconspiracy.录音带为检察官们提供了他们所需要的确凿证据,证明他参与了这一阴谋。
Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than wordsidiom
- anti-sexist
- attest
- authenticate
- convince
- credential
- demonstrability
- demonstrable
- demonstrably
- dispel
- disprove
- lie
- non-documentary
- non-evidence
- probatory
- proof positive
- provable
- the acid test
- vindicate
- vindication