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1 dissacrare
dissacrare v.tr.1 to desecrate, to defile; to deflate, to debunk: dissacrare un dogma, to debunk a dogma; dissacrare un'autorità, to debunk an authority -
2 demistificare
demistificare v.tr. to demystify, to debunk, to expose: ci vuole anche coraggio a demistificare il suo mito, you also need courage to debunk the myth surrounding him.* * *[demistifi'kare]verbo transitivo demystify* * *demistificare/demistifi'kare/ [1]demystify. -
3 sfatare
sfatare v.tr. to discredit, to disprove: fu così sfatata la sua fama di dotto, that is how he lost his reputation for learning; sfatare una leggenda, to discredit a legend; sfatare una teoria, to discredit (o to disprove) a theory.* * *[sfa'tare]* * *sfatare/sfa'tare/ [1]to discredit, to debunk [ mito]. -
4 sgonfiare
1. v/t let the air out of2. v/i sgonfiarsi become deflatedil braccio si è sgonfiato the swelling in the arm has gone down* * *sgonfiare v.tr.1 to deflate: sgonfiare un pallone, un pneumatico, to deflate (o to let the air out of) a balloon, a tyre2 ( ridurre) to bring* down (anche fig.): l'antibiotico sgonfierà l'ascesso, the antibiotic will bring down the abscess; sgonfiare la presunzione di qlcu., (fig.) to bring s.o. down a peg or two // sgonfiare uno scandalo, to play down a scandal.◘ sgonfiarsi v.intr.pron.1 to deflate: il pallone si sgonfiò, the balloon deflated3 (fig.) ( abbassare le arie) to come* down a peg or two: dopo l'insuccesso si è sgonfiato, after the failure he came down a peg or two (o he felt deflated).* * *[zɡon'fjare]1. vt(gen) to deflate, let the air out of, let down, (fig : persona) to bring down a peg or two2. vip (sgonfiarsi)2) Med to go down* * *[zgon'fjare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (far uscire l'aria da) to let* the air out of, to deflate [pallone, pneumatico]2.verbo pronominale sgonfiarsi1) (svuotarsi) [pallone, pneumatico] to deflate, to go* flat2) med. [caviglia, ascesso] to be* reduced3) (non destare più scalpore) [caso, storia] to die down* * *sgonfiare/zgon'fjare/ [1]1 (far uscire l'aria da) to let* the air out of, to deflate [pallone, pneumatico]II sgonfiarsi verbo pronominale1 (svuotarsi) [pallone, pneumatico] to deflate, to go* flat2 med. [caviglia, ascesso] to be* reduced3 (non destare più scalpore) [caso, storia] to die down. -
5 smitizzare
* * *[zmitid'dzare]verbo transitivo to deglamorize* * *smitizzare/zmitid'dzare/ [1]to deglamorize. -
6 demistificare vt
[demistifi'kare](mito) to demystify, to debunk fam -
7 dissacrare vt
[dissa'krare] -
8 smitizzare vt
[zmitid'dzare] -
9 demistificare
vt [demistifi'kare](mito) to demystify, to debunk fam -
10 dissacrare
vt [dissa'krare] -
11 smitizzare
vt [zmitid'dzare]
См. также в других словарях:
Debunk — Жанры альтернативный рок, метал Годы 2008 наши дни Страна … Википедия
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 — 1923, from DE (Cf. de ) + BUNK (Cf. bunk) (2); first used by U.S. novelist William Woodward (1874 1950), the notion being to take the bunk out of things … Etymology dictionary
debunk — [v] disprove, ridicule cut down to size*, deflate, demystify, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up*, uncloak, unmask, unshroud; concepts 49,60 Ant. prove, uphold … New thesaurus
debunk — ► VERB 1) discredit (a widely held opinion). 2) reduce the inflated reputation of. DERIVATIVES debunker noun … English terms dictionary
debunk — ☆ debunk [dē buŋk′ ] vt. [ DE + BUNK2] to expose the false or exaggerated claims, pretensions, glamour, etc. of … English World dictionary
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
debunk — debunker, n. /di bungk /, v.t. to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans. [1920 25, Amer.; DE + BUNK2] Syn. disparage, ridicule, lampoon. * * * … Universalium
