debunk
Plural: debunks
Verb
Verb Forms: debunked, debunking, debunks
- To expose the falseness or hollowness of a myth or idea.
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
- To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
Noun
- A debunking; the act by which something is debunked.
Examples
- debunk a theory
- His opponent tried to DEBUNK the validity of ’ZA’ as a word, but the dictionary proved him wrong.
- The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
Origin / Etymology
From de- + bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
debunk: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddebunk: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
debunk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
debunk: valid Words With Friends Word