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debunk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb debunk has 1 sense
- debunk(v = verb.communication) expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" is one way to blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
Derived form noun debunking1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
debunk, v.tr. colloq.
1 show the good reputation or aspirations of (a person, institution, etc.) to be spurious.
2 expose the falseness of (a claim etc.).
1 show the good reputation or aspirations of (a person, institution, etc.) to be spurious.
2 expose the falseness of (a claim etc.).
Derivative
debunker n.
THESAURUS
debunk
awaken, break the spell, burst the bubble, correct, disabuse, disappoint, discover, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, enlighten, expose, let down easy, let in on, prick the bubble, put straight, set right, set straight, show up, tell the truth, unblindfold, uncharm, uncloak, undeceive, undress, unmask, unshroud, unspell, wake up
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