debunk
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debunk
- /diːˈbʌŋk/ UK
- /diːˈbʊŋk/ UK
- /dɪˈbʌŋk/ US
- /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/ US
- /dɪˈbɐŋk/ Australia
Rhymes with -ʌŋk
Where it comes from
From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
verb debunks · debunking · debunked
- To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute. The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
noun debunks
- A debunking; the act by which something is debunked.
Translations
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verb to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
| Español | desacreditar, ridiculizar, hacer añicos, desbaratar, hacer trizas, despedazar |
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| 한국어 | 폭로하다 pongnohada, 밝히다 balkida |
| 中文 | 揭穿 jiēchuān |
| Português | desacreditar |
| Français | dévoiler, se déconsidérer, mettre en pièces, réduire à néant, jeter l'opprobre sur, se discréditer |
| Deutsch | entlarven, diskreditieren, demaskieren, bloßlegen, entschleiern |
| Italiano | screditare, ridicolizzare, sbugiardare, demistificare, sbufalare |
| Ελληνικά | αποδόμηση apodómisi |
| Русский | развенчивать razvenčivatʹ, разоблачать razoblačatʹ |
| العربية | فَنَّدَ fannada |
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title = {debunk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debunk},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
