debunk
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
de- + bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈbʌŋk/, /diːˈbʊŋk/
- (US) enPR: dĭ-bŭngkʹ, dē-bŭngkʹ, IPA(key): /dɪˈbʌŋk/, /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋk
Verb[edit]
debunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked)
- (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
- The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
- debunk a theory
- 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:
- Another of my favourite themes has been debunking promises of new technology. Over the years, I have enjoyed watching the lack of progress on driverless cars, drone deliveries, hyperloop, and maglev.
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Translations[edit]
to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
Noun[edit]
debunk (plural debunks)
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