debunk (verb)

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• debunk — ► VERB 1) discredit (a widely held opinion). 2) reduce the inflated reputation of. DERIVATIVES debunker noun …   English terms dictionary

• debunk — I verb cast doubt upon, decry, deflate, derogate, detract, disabuse, disdain, disenchant, disillusion, disparage, expose, puncture, set right, undeceive II index disabuse, disapprove (reject), disgrace …   Law dictionary

• debunk — verb Debunk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑claim, ↑myth, ↑notion …   Collocations dictionary

• debunk — verb /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/ To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat …   Wiktionary

• debunk — verb 1》 expose the falseness of (an idea or belief). 2》 reduce the inflated reputation of (someone). Derivatives debunker noun …   English new terms dictionary

• debunk — verb (T) to show that an idea or belief is false: debunking the myth that British cuisine is bad debunker noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• debunk — verb even the most successful hoax will eventually be debunked Syn: explode, deflate, quash, discredit, disprove, contradict, controvert, invalidate, negate; challenge, call into question, poke holes in; formal confute Ant: confirm …   Thesaurus of popular words

• debunk — [[t]di͟ːbʌ̱ŋk[/t]] debunks, debunking, debunked VERB If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is. [V n] Historian Michael… …   English dictionary

• debunk — UK [diːˈbʌŋk] / US [dɪˈbʌŋk] verb [transitive] Word forms debunk : present tense I/you/we/they debunk he/she/it debunks present participle debunking past tense debunked past participle debunked to prove that something such as an idea or belief is …   English dictionary

• debunk — /diˈbʌŋk / (say dee bungk) verb (t) 1. to strip of false sentiment, etc.; make fun of, especially by parody: *Their aim, as they later said, was to debunk the literary movement … which was exemplified in the works of Dylan Thomas, Henry Treece… …  

• debunk — transitive verb Date: 1923 to expose the sham or falseness of < debunk a legend > • debunker noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary