- debunk
- transitive verb
Date: 1923
to expose the sham or falseness of <debunk a legend> • debunker noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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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 — 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
