debunk
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
de- + bunk (from bunkum) 1923
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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
- Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat.
[edit] Translations
to discredit or expose the falsehood of something
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